Respiratory movement during radiotherapy makes it difficult to hit the right treatment target and this in turn can lead to an under-dose of radiation to the tumour, or a potentially toxic over-dose to the surrounding healthy tissue. Getting this right is a real challenge for the radiotherapist, but new techniques are helping to deliver the [...]
One of the world’s oldest medicines may hold the secret to a very contemporary problem: preventing cancer. Exactly why salicylate shows such potential as an anti-cancer treatment remains unclear, but a new study in mice offers clues. Salicylate, found in willow bark, has been a key ingredient in medicine cabinets for thousands of years – [...]
One or more errors in a cell’s genetic code or gene behavior can turn a normal cell into a cancer cell — a cell that grows, divides, and spreads in an uncontrolled way. Researchers have linked a number of particular genetic errors to cancer development and behavior. As more research is done, it’s become clear [...]