Oncology News

Before Deborah Cohan settled into her second round of chemotherapy, she dunked her brown ringlets in water and was fitted with a tight, silicone and neoprene cap that would cool her head to just above freezing.

A Lewiston woman's husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer seven months ago; she said when they found out it was too late.

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common and undiagnosed cancers. Knowing what to look for and when to get screened can make a monumental difference.

's stock had its "neutral" rating restated by Zacks in a report issued on Thursday, AnalystRatings.NET reports.

"When working with a client that is experiencing cancer, it is of the utmost importance to choose products that are safe and free of chemicals," said .

Roche announced today that William Pao, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Head of the Hematology-Oncology Division at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the US, will join Roche Pharma Research and Early Development as Global Head of the Oncology Disease and Translational Area , effective 1 May 2014.

Texas Oncology-Paris physicist Dana Rosencranz , Ph.D, DABR, recently received the Medical Dosimetry & Physics Award, a prestigious award for outstanding achievement in radiation oncology and diagnostic imaging from Texas Oncology/McKesson Specialty Health.

A new study says middle-aged people who eat a diet high in animal proteins from milk, meat and cheese are more likely to die of cancer than someone who eats a low-protein diet.

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Cellmid Limited advises that The British Journal of Pharmacology has recently published a special edition dedicated to midkine including 16 research papers by various authors.

Health First oncologist/hematologist Simon Vinarsky can't help but be concerned about the recent upheaval in Ukraine.

Sleep disturbances and fatigue are among the top quality of life complaints for patients with cancer, yet the issues are rarely discussed during oncology visits.

Dr. Schreiber is an expert the field of tumor immunology and co-inventor of significant elements of Heat's ImPACT Technology platform, with over 10 years of laboratory experience and ingenuity in the discovery of novel therapeutic immuno-oncology compounds.

For women undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer, yoga may improve quality of life beyond treatment, researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found.

Chemotherapy can leave a long-lasting epigenetic imprint in the DNA of breast cancer patients' blood cells.

CytRx Corporation , a biopharmaceutical research and development company specializing in oncology, today reported financial results for the 12 months ended December 31, 2013, and also provided an overview of recent accomplishments and upcoming milestones for its clinical development programs.

Four strands of colorful beads dangled from Christopher Wilke's IV pole as he sat on the couch in his hospital room overlooking Los Angeles.

Celerion is pleased to announce the expansion of clinical operations to South Korea.

Cancer patients who get chemotherapy in the last months of their lives are more likely to die in the intensive care unit, rather than where they wish, a study finds.

In the first six weeks of 2014, 18 life sciences companies went public. In fact, the IPO rate went up to 2 per day for the week of February 3-7, raking in more than half a billion greenbacks.