A report published in the November 14 Cell has revealed 13 new tumor suppressor genes, 12 of which have never previously been linked to cancer.
The researchers used an interesting combination of technologies to arrive at their results. Viz:

First, they identified genes recurrently deleted in 100 human livers cancers, resulting in 362 candidates
Then, they created short-hairpin [...]

A study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research has shown that physical exercise decreases cancer risk, but only if it’s accompanied by sufficient nightly sleep.
The study looked at 5,968 women at least 18 years old with no previous cancer diagnoses.
The results revealed that [...]

Nov 17 – Journal of Cell Biology. Researchers have helped clarify the mechanism of vitamin D’s action against colon cancer.
I’m in lazy reporting mode now, with so much to catch up on, so I’m just going to quote wholesale from the press release:
Vitamin D stymies colon cancer cells in two ways. It switches on genes [...]

A report coming through from JAMA reveals today that folic acid and B vitamin supplementation has no effect of the incidence of cancer in young women, but women over 65 see a significant reduction.
This was a large scale prospective study that looked at 5,442 women over the course of 7 years.
Supplementation showed no adverse effects, [...]