Socioeconomic factors are directly associated with stem cell transplant rates and success in leukemia patients, according to a study from the Acute Leukemia Working Part of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

Doctors may be able to save the eyes of children with retinoblastoma by using a plaque method, according to an ophthalmologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Hepatitis C infection increases the risk of developing kidney cancer, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

Improved scanning techniques may help clinicians diagnose esophageal cancer at an earlier stage, according to a study published in the journal Nature Medicine (2010 Apr 11 [Epub ahead of print]).

Patients with terminal cancer need better radiation therapy, according to an analysis published in Cancer (2010 Apr 12 [Epub ahead of print]).

Increased consumption of fruits and vegetables leads to only a small effect on cancer risk, according to a report published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2010 Apr 6. [Epub ahead of print]).

Researchers from the Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI) have discovered a way to destroy a cancer-causing protein using a chemical compound.

Small molecules may help researchers develop a targeted therapy for lymphoma, according to a study published in Cancer Cell (2010;17(4):400-411).

Most college-age women choose to get vaccinated for HPV only after having talked to their mothers about sex and when their mothers approve of the shot, according to a study conducted by researchers from Dartmouth Medical School.

Researchers have designed a new anticancer agent that targets the survival mechanism of cancer cells, according to a report published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (2010;285(16):9780-9791).