Cancer news

NMD is known among the medical community for the role it plays in the development of genetic diseases such as Cystic Fibrosis and some hereditary forms of cancers.

Music icon David Bowie only discovered his cancer was terminal three months before he died, according to a new documentary. The superstar musician died on January 10, 2016, just days after turning 69 and ahead of the release of his 25th studio album - Blackstar.

Patients with mastectomy and reconstruction in early stage breast cancer are nearly twice as likely to suffer complications than those who had a lumpectomy followed by radiation, according to a new study.

When GTP levels are increased and utilised as fuel by rampaging cancer cells, its ability to perform its primary goals is compromised.

After a cancer diagnosis, the probability of a patient being employed dropped by almost 10 percentage points, and hours worked declined by up to 200 hours, or about five weeks of full-time work, in the first year.

To accelerate cancer research, scientists have developed a “smart” robot that plans and conducts experiments with many substances and draws its own conclusions from the results.  

Opening new opportunities for scientists to find treatments for cancer, Australian researchers have uncovered the role played by a gene which suppresses the development of cancer.

Health officials seeking to curb China's increasing cancer rate are implementing a three-year nationwide plan that expands cancer screening, registration and prevention while reducing smoking.