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Vaccine targeting breast cancers produced robust immune response
1. 12. 2014 AACR Press Release | More information...

A DNA vaccine targeting mammaglobin-A, a breast cancer-associated antigen, was proven safe and found to effectively elicit immune responses in women with metastatic breast cancer, according to a study published in Clinical Cancer Research [1].

Scientists discover why bowel cancer sometimes outsmarts treatment
1. 12. 2014 Cancer Research UK Press Release | More information...

A new study that challenges the prevailing view of how bowel cancer develops in the large intestine is published today in Nature Medicine [1].

Most comprehensive global study to date shows wide gulf in cancer survival between countries
26. 11. 2014 EurekAlert! Press Release | More information...

The most comprehensive international comparison of cancer survival to date, covering countries that are home to two-thirds of the world’s population, shows extremely wide differences in survival between countries.

Cancers in 2012 due to overweight and obesity: the Czech Republic has the highest proportion in Europe
26. 11. 2014 International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses (IBA MU) | More information...

A new study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), shows that nearly half a million new cancer cases per year can be attributed to high body mass index (BMI).

NSAIDs prevent colon cancer by inducing death of intestinal stem cells that have gene mutation
3. 11. 2014 UPMC Press Release | More information...

Aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) protect against the development of colorectal cancer by inducing cell suicide pathways in intestinal stem cells that carry a certain mutated and dysfunctional gene, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and the School of Medicine. The findings were published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [1].

Healthy lifestyle choices add up to cut bowel cancer risk
13. 10. 2014 Cancer Research UK | More information...

The risk of developing bowel cancer can be reduced by adopting some or all of five key healthy lifestyle changes, German researchers have confirmed.

Nine-valent HPV vaccine may prevent nearly 90 percent of cervical cancers
1. 10. 2014 AACR Press Release | More information...

Because nine human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes were found to cause the majority of cervical precancers, a nine-valent HPV vaccine currently being investigated may be able to prevent more cervical cancers than current vaccines, according to research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Postmenopausal breast cancer risk decreases rapidly after starting regular physical activity
11. 8. 2014 AACR Press Release | More information...

Postmenopausal women who in the past four years had undertaken regular physical activity equivalent to at least four hours of walking per week had a lower risk for invasive breast cancer compared with women who exercised less during those four years, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

Is Europe putting cancer research at risk?
25. 7. 2014 ecancer.org | More information...

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading pan-European association representing medical oncology professionals, has expressed concern that the proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation (1) could make cancer research impossible and add a significant burden to both doctors and cancer patients.

Smoking linked with increased risk of most common type of breast cancer
10. 2. 2014 Wiley Press Release | More information...

Young women who smoke and have been smoking a pack a day for a decade or more have a significantly increased risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer. That is the finding of an analysis published early online in Cancer [1], a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study indicates that an increased risk of breast cancer may be another health risk incurred by young women who smoke.

IARC warns 'cancer burden growing at an alarming pace'
3. 2. 2014 IARC Press Release | More information...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organisation, is today launching World Cancer Report 2014, a collaboration of over 250 leading scientists from more than 40 countries, describing multiple aspects of cancer research and control.


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