News tagged with 'Cancer'

Metformin, the diabetes drug, may be useful to stop the reoccurence of cancer cells by starving them of sugar for growth.

If the Food and Drug Administration follows the advice of its panels, Gardasil could soon be approved for use in boys and young men.

Each millimeter of bone loss from chronic periodontitis was linked to a fourfold risk of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, especially in the mouth and throat, according to this study on mouth health and cancer.

A virus may be linked to the most aggressive form of prostate cancer. If a test can be developed, it will potentially help identify which cancers should be treated, and which can progress under watchful waiting.

The PSA test for prostate cancer is not specific enough to determine if a cancer is fast growing or not, and as a result, many men are treated aggressively for prostate cancer, which carries its own risks and side effects.

Sen. Edward Kennedy died Tuesday night of a malignant glioma, the most common type of brain cancer, which kills about 13,000 patients a year.

The new head of the newly created Center for Tobacco Products, under FDA authority, has been named. The center will be able to regulate ingredients in tobacco products for the first time. Big Tobacco is already planning a lawsuit challenging restrictions on advertising.

If you were born in 2007, your life expectancy just went up to nearly 78 years, the highest it’s ever been, the government reports today.

Merck's Gardasil was promoted by medical societies after they received a total of $750,000. Medicine and marketing were blurred, says the published study.

Researchers have identified a compound that can destroy breast cancer stem cells, a type of master cell resistant to conventional treatment. This research introduces a completely new way of identifying cancer drugs.

The drug is called denosumab, and it is used to stop the production of cells known as osteoclasts, that breakdown bone causing osteoporosis. Amgen is seeking approval for the new drug but the FDA is concerned the drug also supresses the immune system opening up someone to infections and cancer.

Taking aspirin regularly may make you much less likely to develop tumors of the colon and a new study finds even if taken after a diagnosis, survival increases.

The FDA is requiring TNF blockers to carry stronger warnings highlighting the increased risk of cancer in children and adolescents who receive these drugs to treat juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.

Head and neck cancer patients who test positive for the human papillomavirus (HPV) have a better survival rate than patients that don’t have the virus, according to new research published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research.

A group of international cancer researchers have moved ultra-violet emitting tanning beds to its highest cancer risk category and labeled them as definitively “carcinogenic to humans” after ruling they are more dangerous than previously suggested.