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Surviving breast cancer is no guarantee that a new cancer won’t appear in the other breast. However, research now suggests that women can build their own personal armor to at…

A new type of stem cell discovered in the prostate of adult mice can be a source of prostate cancer, according to a new study by researchers…

Researchers have found a stem cell, a kind of master cell, that may cause at least some types of prostate cancer.

Their findings are only experimental - the stem cells were…

Researchers confirmed previous findings that the sexual transmitted infection known as Trichomonas vaginalis is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer in a study published…

Until now, the mode of action of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate (N-BP) cancer drugs, used to relieve bone pain and to prevent skeletal complications in bone metastasis, has been almost entirely unknown. Researchers…

A new type of stem cell discovered in the prostate of adult mice can be a source of prostate cancer,…

It is well known that survivors of breast cancer have a much higher risk of developing a second breast cancer than women in…

More than 40 percent of Mexican-Americans in California have never had either of the most common screening tests for colorectal cancer, compared with 22 percent of non-Latino white…

A virus known to cause leukemia and tumors in animals can be found in some prostate tumors and might be one cause of prostate cancer, U.S. researchers reported on…

Findings from a study of Dow Chemical workers suggest that exposure to dioxin may not increase the risk for certain cancers, as is widely believed.

Compared with deaths in the general…

Surviving colorectal cancer may depend partially on where one lives, a study hints.

Dr. Kevin Henry, of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services in Trenton, and colleagues…

When it comes to further minimizing the chance of breast cancer recurrence, Dr. Carolyn Kaelin, a Harvard surgeon, breast cancer survivor and author of The Breast Cancer Survivor’s Fitness…

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) is making experts available to discuss the risks, treatment and prevention options surrounding breast cancer. According to the American Cancer…

Although women treated with chest radiation for childhood cancers constitute one of the highest risk populations for breast cancer, they are far less likely to begin receiving early…

Strides in treatment for breast cancer in recent years have helped more women regain a sense of normalcy after facing down the disease. Over 90 percent…

October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, reminds women that this cancer is one of the top two cancer killers of women of all races and ethnicities in the U.S. But…

One person’s breast cancer is not the same as another person’s, because the gene mutations differ in each tumor. That makes it difficult to match the best…

In a biological rendition of fiction’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, researchers from the Mayo Clinic campus in…

Researchers have found that early stage cancers of the esophagus can be treated as effectively by less-invasive, organ-sparing endoscopic therapy as compared to more complex surgical removal of the…

Nearly 40 percent of all breast cancer cases in the United States could be prevented if women kept a healthy weight, drank less alcohol, exercised more and breastfed their babies, according…

Men who put on a significant number of pounds after their 20s face a higher risk of prostate cancer than those who remain close to their youthful…

Regardless of risk factors linked to pancreatic cancer, such as smoking and body mass index (BMI), blacks experienced higher rates of pancreatic cancer death than whites.

“Reducing overweight/obesity and…

Research published in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology has found that narrow-band imaging bronchoscopy increases the specificity of bronchoscopic early lung cancer detection…

Research published in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology has found that an individual’s quality of life prior to treatment can help…

Adding a clinical breast exam to screening mammography increases breast cancer detection rates, but it also increases rates of falsely positive results, Canadian researchers report in the…