A team of researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has demonstrated sustained regression of advanced melanoma in a study of 17 patients by genetically engineering patients’ own white blood cells to recognize and attack cancer cells. The study appears in the online edition of the journal Science […]

Being overweight during midlife is associated with an increased risk of death, according to a new study conducted by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with AARP, the nation’s leading organization for persons 50-Plus. Results of the study appear in the August 24, 2006, issue of the […]

President Bush today announced that he intends to appoint John E. Niederhuber, M.D., to be the 13th director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Niederhuber has been a professor, cancer center director, National Cancer Advisory Board chair, external advisor to the NCI, grant reviewer, and laboratory investigator supported by NCI and the National Institutes of […]

Researchers have identified a potential mechanism by which tumors in mice escape attack from antitumor immune cells. This escape is facilitated when tumors produce a molecule called adenosine that inactivates antitumor immune cells by binding to receptors on their cell surfaces, the researchers found. Consequently, the immune cells behave as though the tumors are normal […]

Research has shown that when DNA damage occurs, a key enzyme — called ataxia telangiectasia mutated protein, or ATM — becomes activated. A new study in mice shows that this enzyme continues to be activated and function normally, even without a chemical modification previously thought to be necessary. This study, which was conducted by scientists […]

While most Americans know that mammograms, pap smears, and colonoscopies are screening exams for cancer, the majority of Americans do not know the appropriate age at which initiation of these tests is recommended, according to the latest brief from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS).

A team of researchers, led by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has developed a model for estimating the five-year risk of melanoma, a potentially deadly skin cancer. This model, a first iteration that is subject to further refinement, can be used by health professionals to identify […]