Medication against schizophrenia inhibits pancreatic cancer

Published: 7 September 2016

A receptor for the dopamine neurotransmitter promotes growth and spread of pancreatic cancer -- and schizophrenia drugs, which block the function of this receptor, slowed tumor growth and...

Simultaneous PET/MR Imaging for Brain, Cardiac and Cancer Research

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 13:30to15:30

The future of in vivo imaging is not only in new and improved scanner technology – with constantly augmenting sensitivity, spatial and temporal resolution – but also in our capacity, in health and...

Newly discovered effects of vitamin D on cancer

Published: 22 November 2012

A team of researchers at McGill University have discovered a molecular basis for the potential cancer preventive effects of vitamin D. The team, led by McGill professors John White and David...

4-week prehabilitation prepares cancer patients for surgery

Published: 1 December 2016

Just four weeks of prehabilitation (pre-surgery preparation) may be enough to help some cancer patients get in shape for surgery. That’s according to a recent study of close to 120 colorectal...

Stopping tumours in their path

Published: 8 January 2014

New study sheds light on most common and deadly form of brain cancer

Diabetes drug found not to cause pancreatic cancer

Published: 22 February 2016

By Tod Hoffman, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research...

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