Studies tracked health of over 250,000 men
Two large international studies added fuel to the controversy Wednesday over whether prostate cancer screening saves lives of middle aged men. continue to news story read the study
Forging a unique and interdisciplinary approach
Procedure less effective than previously beleived
For years, many doctors and patients thought colonoscopies, the popular screening test for colorectal cancer, were all but infallible. Have a colonoscopy, get any precancerous polyps removed and you should almost never get colon cancer. continue to article read the study in the Annals of Internal Medicine read a summary for patients
Doctors need to look more carefully at upper colon
The risk of getting cancer in the upper colon is greater than in the lower colon in the years after a negative colonoscopy, a new study suggests. continue
Igor Jurisica of Computer Science and Medicial Biophysics and the Canada Research Chair in Integrative Computational Biology, develops complex algorithms to understand cancer.
What Do Cancer Cells Say to Each Other?
Tony Pawson is world-renowned for his research into how cells grow and communicate. His discoveries have stimulated the development of new drugs that block the proliferation of some types of cancer cells.
