Cancer Minute

The Importance of Acknowledgement

Fri, 18 May 2012 21:26:38 +0000

Three researchers discuss the heterogeneity of cancer and the implications for therapies and diagnostics.

This Week in Cancer Discovery

Fri, 18 May 2012 21:03:55 +0000

In Cancer Discovery this week: differential sensitivity of glioma compared to lung cancer to EGFR inhibitors, and more.

Even More Complex

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:22:53 +0000

A new study on breast cancer shows the importance of accurate disease classification.

This Week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Thu, 17 May 2012 16:54:13 +0000

In the Journal of the National Cancer Institute this week: glycogen synthase kinase-3β in human osteosarcoma, staging systems for pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, and more.

High Tech

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:24:00 +0000

A new study may unseat flow cytometry as the standard method for the detection of residual disease in leukemia patients.

This Week in Lancet Oncology

Wed, 16 May 2012 20:56:24 +0000

In Lancet Oncology this week: the prognostic value of a microRNA signature in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and more.

'One More Piece in the Puzzle'

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:19:27 +0000

A new study finds an early biomarker for pancreatic cancer.

This Week in the British Journal of Cancer

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:01:46 +0000

In the British Journal of Cancer this week: effect of statins on prostate cancer, germline BRCA1 mutations and prostate cancer risk, and more.

A Light on p53

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:47:37 +0000

Researchers may have found a remedy for a cancer-associated mutation.

This Week in BMC Cancer

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:23:57 +0000

In BMC Cancer this week: image-guided radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer, survival rates in lung cancer patients with co-morbidities, and more.

Bake Cookies? Check. Knit Sweater? Check. Prevent Cancer? Check.

Fri, 11 May 2012 22:15:10 +0000

A new paper examines grandmothers' effects on breast cancer incidence.

This Week in Clinical Cancer Research

Fri, 11 May 2012 21:58:16 +0000

In Clinical Cancer Research this week: upregulated JAG1 in adrenocortical carcinoma, survivin expression in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor cells, and more.

BRCA in the Spotlight

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:39:19 +0000

Cancer researchers at the new Basser Research Center are on a mission to understand BRCA.