SOUTH LANARKSHIRE, Scotland — Facebook can be a breeding ground for misinformation. Now, the husband of one cancer patient is warning that the social media platform could be providing people with bogus treatments for the disease. Cancer patients are being bombarded with “miracle cures” on Facebook, ranging from salt water and sound videos to dangerous …
KILDARE, Ireland — A popular drug doctors typically prescribe to treat obesity and Type 2 diabetes may hold cancer-killing benefits as well, according to new research. A team from Maynooth University explains that glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) analogues are already a gold-standard pharmacological approach for fighting obesity, but these latest findings show that the treatment is also …
CHICAGO — The brain cancer glioblastoma has one of the worst survival rates among patients. One of the reasons for this is strong chemotherapy treatments can’t reach tumors inside the brain. For the first time, however, Northwestern University researchers have successfully opened the blood-brain barrier to allow cancer drugs through to the brain using an …
BALTIMORE — A “miracle” gel that cures brain tumors in mice could offer new hope for human cancer patients, a new study reveals. Researchers at John Hopkins University say the medication delivered by the substance stops 100 percent of an aggressive form of brain cancer within mice. The “striking” result provides new hope for patients …
EVANSTON, Ill. — Scientists from Northwestern University have discovered a non-invasive way of getting rid of cancerous tumors. Their research reveals a way to use a person’s own blood to isolate a tumor’s attack cells. The technique builds upon an emerging technique in cancer treatment called adoptive cell therapy. This therapy uses immune cells from …
BASEL, Switzerland — Many cancer therapies out there, unfortunately, don’t produce the desired results patients are counting on, especially in the late stages. In advanced breast cancer, this happens because the cancer cells become resistant to the treatments. Now, researchers from the University of Basel have revealed a mechanism behind this and one possible solution: …
HOUSTON — Scientists at the Houston Methodist Research Institute have designed a potentially groundbreaking new device for treating pancreatic cancer, and it’s smaller than a single grain of rice. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive forms of the disease and one of the hardest to treat, but this new implantable device is capable of …
ROCHESTER, Minn. — A promising new report by a team at the Mayo Clinic suggests breast cancer patients with multiple tumors in one breast may be able to avoid having a mastectomy — surgical removal of the breasts. Their study finds that this depends on whether surgeons can successfully remove the tumors while leaving enough breast …
RESTON, Va. — A promising new treatment for a deadly blood cancer essentially cures the disease and wipes out tumors in just two days. Researchers working with the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging say the new therapy could be a game-changing step in the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In experiments with mice, just one …
SHANGHAI, China — A tiny implant has cured mice of breast cancer in just two weeks, according to a new study. The self-charging battery enables a new class of medications to kill tumors, leaving healthy tissue alone. Scientists in China explain that the device runs on salt water injected into the cancerous area, causing consumption …