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A new analysis has found that Hispanic lung cancer patients seem to live longer than white or black patients. Published early online in Cancer, a…

Consensus is starting to build that long-time smokers should have annual CT-based screenings to reduce lung cancer mortality, a researcher said here.

A series of studies suggesting a mortality reduction in…

Overexpression of a gene known as PHIP is associated with the development of distant metastases and worse survival in malignant melanoma, researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of…

Mutant KRAS status in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) correlated with significantly worse progression-free survival (PFS) and resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy, data from a randomized trial showed.

KRAS mutations were…

The most popular form of radiation therapy for prostate cancer may also be the best, a new comparison study finds.

Nearly all men with prostate cancer who opt for external beam radiation get…

Ladies and gentlemen, start your undies.

For the first time this year in Buffalo - a community known for its host of annual fundraisers - the Undy 5000 will encourage hundreds…

One of the really tough things about receiving a cancer diagnosis is not knowing what to do next. You don’t even know what you don’t know.

A new online program offers…

New research findings show how it may be possible to render cancer tumours harmless without affecting the other cells and tissues in the body. The findings apply to cancers including breast, lung…

What we currently call breast cancer should be thought of as 10 completely separate diseases, according to an international study which has been described as a “landmark”.

The categories could…

Breast cancer is at least 10 different diseases, each with its own genetic signature and pattern of weak spots, according to a new landmark study that promises to revolutionize…

In a new survey of cancer patients, many people who’d had problems with their treatment never said anything to the doctor they thought was responsible - and almost none…

Treatment with trastuzumab prolonged survival among women with HER2-positive early breast cancer, but the benefits were accompanied by significant risks of cardiotoxicity, a systematic review found.

In eight clinical…

In a breakthrough for the way brain cancer is diagnosed and monitored, a team of researchers, lead by Anna M. Krichevsky, PhD, of the Center of Neurologic Diseases at Brigham…

A new experimental treatment for localized prostate cancer that uses high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) promises to be more effective and have fewer side effects than conventional treatments, according to…

A new study suggests that expensive, high-tech proton beam radiation doesn’t do any more for men with prostate cancer than the most commonly-used option.

Proton beam radiation, heavily promoted…

Swallowing exercises during radiation and chemotherapy for head and neck cancer help preserve function early on, a small clinical trial showed.

Among 26 patients with head and neck cancer, functional…

Caring for a wife with breast cancer can have a measurable negative effect on men’s health, even years after the cancer diagnosis and completion of treatment, according…

A DNA repair pathway-focused score has the potential to help determine if first-line platinum based chemotherapy can benefit advanced-stage ovarian cancer patients, according to a…

Cancer is much more likely in the elderly than the young, and their bodies often are less prepared to fight the disease and the often-toxic side…

In a new study, the impressions of breast cancer patients about the quality of care they received often differed from medical definitions of quality - in part because the…

When women at high risk of breast cancer viewed a customized web-based decision guide about prevention options, they were more likely to make a choice about prevention…

Previous research has shown that Asian patients with lung cancer are more likely to harbor epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. Furthermore, Asian patients with lung cancer are more…

Saturday April 14, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) - Eating too much high calorie density (high glycemic index) carbohydrates such as table sugar or high fructose corn syrup, which are commonly…

South San Francisco’s Genentech has teamed up with personal genetics company 23andMe for a new kind of study - one that doesn’t require patients to find a clinical trial center…

Each year, thousands of Americans die from breast cancer, but there are also thousands who survive the battle.

On Saturday morning in downtown Jackson, hundreds laced up their tennis shoes to…