Treatments

Anovel PET imaging tracer has been proven to safely and effectively detect a common cancer gene mutation that is an important molecular marker for tumor-targeted […]

BOSTON – While a breast cancer diagnosis of any kind is life-altering, a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer can be especially devastating. But new advances

A lifesaving cancer therapy may actually be causing new diseases in patients receiving the treatment.  The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it was investigating reports

A new blood cancer treatment has been found to prevent cancerous cells from growing and multiplying. The treatment works by combining a drug that prevents

For decades, cancer vaccines have been touted as a technology with transformative potential – a promise that always seemed to lie beyond some distant horizon.

SACRAMENTO — An estimated one in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, killing on average 42,000 women a year in the United States.  What

Scientists may have figured out a brand new way to treat lung cancer by using a protein that inhibits tumor growth. This previously unknown molecule

Scientists have discovered a new type of stem cell in the spine that appears crucial to resolving a long-standing mystery: why far more cancer cells spread to

A new treatment may be in sight for cancer patients, from an unlikely source. Lidocaine is a commonly used local anesthetic that works by blocking

Anastrozole is the name of a drug previously used to treat breast cancer in post-menopausal women. It is now being offered to some women after

Overview Hormone therapy for prostate cancer is a treatment that stops the hormone testosterone either from being made or from reaching prostate cancer cells. Most