The vast majority of breast cancers originate in cells that line the inside of the milk ducts in the breast. Changes in these cells, which are known as mammary epithelial cells, have been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in some studies. Researchers hope that by identifying specific changes that occur in these […]

Many men who choose to get a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test may not need to repeat the test as frequently as previously thought, according to data from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) trial, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Results will be presented as abstract #4 in the general plenary session […]

Researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) reported today that the molecularly targeted drug bevacizumab slowed tumor growth in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer in adults. The findings from their randomized clinical trial were presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology meeting in Orlando, Fla.*

Initial results from a large, randomized clinical trial for patients with advanced colorectal cancer show that those who received a regimen containing the investigational drug oxaliplatin lived months longer than those who received a standard therapy. Patients on the oxaliplatin regimen, known as FOLFOX4, also had a longer time before their tumors progressed, a better […]

New data for 1999 show that death rates for all cancers combined continued to decline in the United States. However, the number of cancer cases can be expected to increase because of the growth and aging of the population in coming decades, according to a report released today. The “Annual Report to the Nation on […]

A team of scientists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Scripps Research Institute led by Dimiter S. Dimitrov, Ph.D., Sc.D., and Dennis Burton, Ph.D., have identified a novel human antibody that is highly effective in preventing various strains of HIV from entering CD4 T lymphocytes. Reported in today’s issue of the Proceedings of […]