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A tumor or tumour is the name for a swelling or lesion formed by an abnormal growth of cells (termed neoplastic). Tumor is not synonymous with cancer. A tumor can be benign, pre-malignant or malignant, whereas cancer is by definition malignant.

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Researchers create 'fly paper' to capture circulating cancer cells

Researchers create 'fly paper' to capture circulating cancer cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor.


Cancers' sweet tooth may be weakness

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The pedal-to-the-metal signals driving the growth of several types of cancer cells lead to a common switch governing the use of glucose, researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered.


How cells tolerate DNA damage -- start signal for cell survival program identified

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cancer researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, have gained new insights into how cells react to DNA damage. Dr. Michael Stilmann, Dr. Michael Hinz and Professor Claus Scheidereit ...


'Cross-talk' mechanism contributes to colorectal cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have identified a molecular mechanism that allows two powerful signaling pathways to interact and begin a process leading to colorectal ...


Study shows that some malignant tumors can be shut down after all

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Oncologists have had their hands tied because more than half of all human cancers have mutations that disable a protein called p53. As a critical anti-cancer watchdog, p53 masterminds several cancer-fighting operations within ...


Study provides insights into the molecular basis of tumor cell behavior

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study by a team of researchers led by Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, sheds light on the molecular basis by which tumor cells modulate their surroundings ...


Nano-Scale Drug Delivery For Chemotherapy

Nano-Scale Drug Delivery For Chemotherapy

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 31, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Going smaller could bring better results, especially when it comes to cancer-fighting drugs.


Immunotherapy demonstrates long-term success in treating lymphoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Targeted immunotherapy has been an attractive new therapeutic area for a number of cancers because it has the potential to destroy tumor cells without damaging surrounding normal tissue. New study results demonstrate high ...


Gold Nanoparticles Delivery Platinum Warheads to Tumors

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cisplatin is one of the most powerful and effective drugs for treating a wide variety of cancers, but serious side effects ultimately limit the drug's use and effectiveness. Now, however, researchers have ...


UT Southwestern researchers use drug-radiation combo to eradicate lung cancer

Researchers use drug-radiation combo to eradicate lung cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have eliminated non-small cell lung (NSCL) cancer in mice by using an investigative drug called BEZ235 in combination with low-dose radiation.


Protein is linked to lung cancer development

Protein is linked to lung cancer development

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A protein that normally helps defend cells from infection can play a critical role in the development of lung cancer, according to MIT cancer biologists.


Sensor biochips could aid in cancer diagnosis and treatment

Sensor biochips could aid in cancer diagnosis and treatment

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It is very difficult to predict whether a cancer drug will help an individual patient: only around one third of drugs will work directly in a given patient. Researchers at the Heinz Nixdorf Chair for Medical ...


Study finds way to protect healthy cells from radiation damage

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 3

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, may be hot on the heels of a Holy Grail of cancer therapy: They have found ...


Tiny technology may yield major finds -- and possible perils

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Imagine a particle so small it would take a million of them to stretch across the period at the end of this sentence. Imagine such particles could help catch cancer cells floating in your bloodstream before they could metastasize ...


High-sensitivity bone marrow aspiration technology enhances leukemia cell detection

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have created a viable technology to improve the detection of leukemia cells in bone marrow.