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Bizarre knotted DNA structures linked to cancer in mice
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Missing enzymes may cause troublesome knots to appear in DNA.
Dormant cancer cells may 'reawaken' due to change in this key protein
By Rebecca Sohn published
Cancer cells can lie dormant for years and then suddenly start spreading.
HPV vaccine slashes cervical cancer rates by 87% among women in the UK
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
The HPV vaccine reduced cases of cervical cancer by 87% among women in the U.K. who received the vaccine when they were 12 or 13 years old, according to a new study.
What is cancer?
By Jennifer Welsh published
Cancer malignancies are uncontrolled growths that spread. Learn how cancers form, the signs and symptoms of cancer and how cancers are treated.
Antibiotics may raise colon cancer risk, massive study suggests
By Nicoletta Lanese published
This is the largest epidemiological study to assess this potential risk.
Cancer-causing chemical found in 78 sunscreen products
By Rachael Rettner published
The FDA should better define limits for benzene in sunscreen, the company said.
Cancer patients weren't responding to therapy. Then they got a poop transplant.
By Nicoletta Lanese published
The gut microbiome may be critical to immunotherapy.
Cancer vaccine helped keep melanoma under control for years in small study
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Scientists tested a vaccine for melanoma in a small trial.
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