Cancer

  1. Health & Medicine

    Enzyme may help aspirin protect against colon cancer

    Aspirin may not reduce colon cancer risk in people with low levels of a protective enzyme called 15-PGDH.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Life

    With Taxol, chromosomes divide and get conquered

    New mechanism discovered for how the cancer drug Taxol works.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Health & Medicine

    Early treatment may stave off esophageal cancer

    Zapping precancerous tissue in patients with Barrett’s esophagus might reduce incidence of cancer.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    HPV vaccination proves its worth in Australia

    A study in Australia finds the shots are already reducing cases of abnormal cervical lesions.