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Breeding better broccoli

CHARLESTON, SC -- Carotenoids -- fat-soluble plant compounds found in some vegetables -- are essential to the human diet and reportedly offer important health benefits to consumers.

Common plants can eliminate indoor air pollutants

ATHENS, GA -- Air quality in homes, offices, and other indoor spaces is becoming a major health concern, particularly in developed countries where people often spend more than 90% of their time ind

Blood vessels might predict prostate cancer behavior

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A diagnosis of prostate cancer raises the question for patients and their physicians as to how the tumor will behave.

Aiming to avoid damage to neurocognitive areas of the brain during cranial radiation

Radiation oncologists at Rush University Medical Center are intent on finding ways to avoid damage to the critically important hippocampus and limbic circuit of the brain when cranial radiation is

Experimental agent reduces breast cancer metastasis to bone

Researchers have reduced breast cancer metastasis to bone using an experimental agent to inhibit ROCK, a protein that was found to be over-expressed in metastatic breast cancer.

Colon cancer screening more effective earlier in day, UCLA study finds

The effectiveness of a screening colonoscopy may depend on the time of day it is performed.

PMH finding may help some tonsil cancer patients avoid chemotherapy

Clinical researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) have confirmed that patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer ("tonsil cancer") harbour a common type of human papilloma virus (HPV16

Study of concurrent radiotherapy, chemotherapy shows promise in small cell lung cancer

CHICAGO - Treating limited stage small cell lung cancer(LSCL) with a combination of accelerated high-dose radiotherapy and chemotherapy has shown encouraging results, opening the door to larger sca

Childhood cancer survivors less likely to marry, Yale researchers find

Adult survivors of childhood cancer are 20 to 25 percent more likely to never marry compared with siblings and the general population, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study publ

Preventative brain radiation for lung cancer patients: Benefits and risks

CHICAGO -- A new study is taking a closer look at the benefits versus risks for lung cancer patients to undergo preventative brain radiation therapy as a means to stop cancer from spreading to the

Study reveals a 'missing link' in immune response to disease

BOSTON--The immune system's T cells have the unique responsibilities of being both jury and executioner.



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