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Women of lower socioeconomic status (SES) are less likely to survive after a cancer diagnosis largely due to unhealthy lifestyle factors, such as smoking, that are more common among less…

Research shows that survivors of Hodgkin’s disease are to 2- to 3-times more likely to suffer a stroke or mini-stroke, also known as “transient ischemic attack” or TIA, compared with…

Collaboration in prostate cancer translational research in Europe is not only vital to sustain the progress achieved in recent years but also to streamline current efforts…

According to results of a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, men with prostate cancer who consumed the active compounds in…

Two Mayo Clinic patients whose prostate cancer had been considered inoperable are now cancer free thanks in part to an experimental drug therapy that was used in combination with standardized hormone…

Computed tomographic (CT) colonography may offer patients at increased risk of colorectal cancer an alternative to colonoscopy that is less-invasive, is better-tolerated and has good diagnostic…

A new study published by University of Leicester researchers has found “convincing evidence” that cannabis smoke damages DNA in ways that could potentially increase the risk of cancer development in humans.

Using…

Duke University engineers have taken a first step toward a minimally invasive treatment of brain tumors by combining chemotherapy with heat administered from the end of a catheter.

The proof-of-concept…

Chemists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed novel compounds that show promise for photodynamic cancer therapy, which uses light-activated drugs to kill tumor cells.

The new…

People with diabetes run a higher-than-normal risk of developing liver caner, but it seems that taking the popular “statin” cholesterol-lowering drugs may reduce that risk, researchers report.

The…

Most patients with a form of eye cancer called choroidal melanoma want to undergo a genetic test that can predict their likely outcome, a small study suggests.

Moreover, researchers found,…

Men may be able to lower their risk of developing prostate cancer, or slow its progression, by watching their diets, a new research review suggests.

In an analysis of…

A prototype breast imaging system combining positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technologies could greatly improve breast cancer imaging capabilities, according to researchers at SNM’s…

A new study shows that an alpha-particle emitting radiopeptide—radioactive material bound to a synthetic peptide, a component of protein—is effective for treating prostate cancer in mice, according…

Trained guides known as patient navigators can help encourage people to get screened for colorectal cancer, the results of a new pilot study shows.

People belonging to racial or ethnic minorities,…

Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Johns Hopkins University have discovered that delivering a small molecule that is highly expressed in normal tissues but lost in diseased cells can result…

Genetic mutations can show which breast cancer patients will be helped by a certain type of chemotherapy, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

They found patients with two versions of SOD2 fared…

A new study finds that many women with breast cancer take antioxidant supplements while undergoing cancer treatment, even though the consequences of doing so are…

Women continue to be under-enrolled in cancer clinical trials, according to a new review, published in the July 15, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.…

After age 30, exercising for more than an hour a week may help cut a woman’s chances of developing breast cancer, according to a study presented at…

A protein related to aggressive cancers can actually improve the efficacy of gemcitabine at treating pancreatic cancer, according to a Priority Report in Cancer Research,…

Acrylamide exposure from dietary intake shows no significant association with the risk of prostate cancer, US and Swedish researchers report.

As Dr. Kathryn M. Wilson told Reuters Health, “At…

A national Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) study led by a Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center physician at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee has found that a course of radiation therapy to…

It’s common knowledge that smoking raises risks of lung cancer. And yet researchers haven’t known whether continued smoking by lung cancer patients would increase the…

A new review published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics assessed whether certain modifications in diet have a beneficial effect on the prevention of prostate cancer. Results suggest…