by drstegallio | Aug 16, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research
A study ( link: https://academic.oup.com ) just released set out to examine the effectiveness of alternative cancer treatments. Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), this study followed 281 patients with non-metastatic cancer of the breast,...
by drstegallio | Jul 29, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research, Cancer Treatment
A study(1) released earlier this month has been making its rounds on the internet, and has quickly become a hot topic on social media. I have seen some sensational headlines stating that this study “proves that chemotherapy spreads cancer” and “is the death blow to...
by drstegallio | Jul 28, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research
Viruses that specifically kill bacteria, called bacteriophages, might one day help solve the growing problem of bacterial infections that are resistant to antibiotic treatment. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs...
by drstegallio | Jul 12, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Nutrition, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Research
Poor diet is associated with 80% of colorectal cancer cases, but the exact pathways by which diet leads to cancer are not known. In a newly published study, Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified a specific molecular pathway that plays a key role in the link...
by drstegallio | Jul 11, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research
What if you could plaster cancer cells with glowing “Here We Are” signs, so surgeons could be confident that they’d removed every last speck of a tumor? That’s what Haiying Liu has in mind for his new fluorescent probe. “Doctors need to...
by drstegallio | Jul 10, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Nutrition, Cancer Research
Feeding pregnant female mice a diet high in fat derived from common corn oil resulted in genetic changes that substantially increased breast cancer susceptibility in three generations of female offspring, reports a team of researchers led by scientists at Georgetown...
