Treating ovarian cancer may be achieved with a new class of drugs

According to Manchester University, UK, a new class of drugs, called PARG inhibitors, have the ability of treating ovarian cancer and even stopping cancer cells from growing. Published in the Journal Cancer Cell, a study funded by the Cancer Research UK and Wellcome...

Cancer screening device: detecting cancer from breath

Detecting cancer from breath doesn’t sound possible right? Well, SniffPhone is the new cancer screening device that enables early diagnosis of gastric cancer by simply exhaling into your phone. Currently in its prototype phase, SniffPhone enables early...

European Cancer Information System

ECIS provides the latest information on indicators that quantify the cancer burden across Europe. It permits the exploration of geographical patterns and temporal trends of incidence, mortality and survival data across Europe for the major cancer entities. The purpose...

Improving the efficiency of chemotherapy with a new molecule

Researchers from the CNRS and Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France, have demonstrated that methiothepin, a small molecule, can improve the efficiency of chemotherapy by inhibiting the resistance of certain tumours. Cancerous tumours are also capable of ‘detoxing’,...