Tumor suppressors are potent cancer fighters. These molecules are primed to note a cell's behavior and to stop its division, or even trigger a suicide …
Category: Cancer
Study shows link between indoor tanning and common skin cancer
Previous research has shown a link between tanning beds and melanoma, the rarest and deadliest form of skin cancer, and now there's more evidence of the …
A family's grace in crisis
Minnie and Paul Narth have an unusual family. Six months into Minnie's pregnancy with their now-2-year-old son, she was diagnosed with an advanced case of …
New Stanford registry to track lymphedema in breast cancer patients
Increasing numbers of women are surviving breast cancer, but some of the therapies used to treat the cancer can cause a serious side effect: lymphedema. …
Image of the Week: Breast cancer cells
Earlier this week we announced the new issue of Stanford Medicine magazine, a special issue devoted to cancer. In light of the new issue, this …
Boing Boing co-editor tweets, blogs about her breast cancer diagnosis
After two close friends were diagnosed with breast cancer, Xeni Jardin, co-editor of Boing Boing, decided its was time for her first mammogram. In a …
Cancer's next stage: A report from Stanford Medicine magazine
It's the best of times - and a most precarious time - for cancer research. The new issue of Stanford Medicine magazine, a special report …
Cancer's Pulitzer Prize winner: Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD
The epic tome on cancer, The Emperor of All Maladies, is subtitled, A Biography of Cancer. I was intrigued by the biography portion of the …
Working to prevent melanoma
The most recent issue of Stanford Cancer Institute News (.pdf) contains a feature on efforts to prevent melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer. Among the work …
Avastin Q&A from the Food and Drug Administration
Anyone interested in the trials and tribulations of bringing a new cancer therapy to market, and keeping it there, is likely already aware of the …
Tumors can grow for decades before blood-based detection, study shows
After the crocodile bit off Captain Hook's hand in Peter Pan, the telltale tick-tock of the pirate's swallowed wristwatch served as a dead giveaway to the reptile's presence. …
Stanford study shows effects of chemotherapy and breast cancer on brain function
If you've known someone who has undergone treatment for cancer, you may have heard of "chemo brain." That's the term used for the condition in …
Training computers to analyze breast cancer biopsies
A team of computer scientists and pathologists at Stanford have developed a model for training computers to analyze breast cancer microscopic images, and findings published …
Lung cancer can affect anyone, but not everyone is listening
In preparation for Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November, my colleague Liat Kobza and I recently set up a camera and asked six Stanford physicians to …
Familial BRCA mutation alone doesn't increase a woman's risk of breast cancer
Women who have a relative with breast cancer face an increased risk of contracting the disease. But what about those women who are related to a …
TED Talk looks at "open-source" drug discovery
In this TED Talk, James Bradner, MD, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the notion …