Healthy eating and exercise habits may heighten chemotherapy’s effectiveness in children
Pediatric cancer patients who eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly may experience fewer cancer treatment side effects later in life, according to an MD Anderson study. Additionally, the study showed that chemotherapy may work better in these patients than in those whose eating and exercise habits are not as healthy.
This discovery propels the need for more work to determine how energy balance – a combination of diet and exercise...
Tumor-targeting drug shows potential for treating bone cancer
The treatment of osteosarcoma, the most common tumor of bone, is challenging. An MD Anderson study found a drug known as bone metastasis-targeting...
New hepatitis C drugs may strain the system
The cost of treating people infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) with newly approved therapies will likely place a tremendous economic...
Biomarker can predict aggressive prostate cancer
When a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer, a host of tools can be used to determine the type and extent of his disease. These tools include a basic PSA blood test, digital rectal exam, tissue biopsy, and a Gleason Score – a mathematical score based on tissue analysis that predicts whether the cancer is aggressive or not and helps doctors choose the most appropriate treatment.
The lowest Gleason score of 6 is assigned to cancers...
Hepatitis C expected to be rare by 2036
Effective new drugs and screening would make hepatitis C a rare disease by 2036, according to a computer simulation conducted by MD Anderson...
Taking a united stand against tobacco
More than 50 years after the first Surgeon General’s report on smoking definitively linked cigarettes and lung cancer, the world remains plagued...
Taking a united stand against tobacco
More than 50 years after the first Surgeon General’s report on smoking definitively linked cigarettes and lung cancer, the world remains plagued...
New technology may improve predicting cancer risk
Researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center, in collaboration with the University of Utah and other institutions, have developed a powerful tool...
Triple-negative breast cancer thrives by producing its own growth factors
Triple-negative breast cancer cells produce inflammatory cytokines Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and Interleukin-8 (IL-8), which in turn stimulate...
Fast food restaurants contribute to African-Americans tipping the scale
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates obesity to be a contributing factor to millions of dollars in health care costs...