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Exercise can help women going through any stage of breast cancer treatment to feel better both physically and emotionally, a new research review shows.

“It helps enhance mood and emotions…

Treatments used to induce ovulation appear to increase the overall risk of cancer, the results of a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology suggest.

“Ovulation-inducing drugs are widely used…

Researchers have found a protein that helps breast cancer cells spread and found it in the urine of women with aggressive breast cancer - offering a potentially painless way…

Women undertaking a ten week program of 75 minute Restorative Yoga (RY) classes gained positive differences in aspects of mental health such as depression, positive emotions, and spirituality…

Women who’ve had a breast biopsy know the anxiety of waiting for the results, but that stress may cause adverse health effects, according to a new study published in…

The use of contraceptive pills has been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, according to a report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

Until now, the reported…

Tumors that are about to progress and metastasize go through a process also seen in normal embryonic development, known as the epithelial to mesenchymal…

Women with higher intake of calcium appear to have a lower risk of cancer overall, and both men and women with high calcium intakes have lower risks of…

Mailed reminders to patients appear to promote colon cancer screening, according to a report in the February 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives…

For orthopaedic researcher Joyce Keyak, Ph.D., finding ways to battle breast cancer is a personal as well as a professional mission. Her cousin died…

A previously unknown effect of an infectious agent relevant to the prevention and/or treatment of lung cancer has been discovered by a UMDNJ research team led by Melissa Rogers, Ph.D., professor…

A new analysis finds that when colorectal cancer patients seek out health information from the internet and news media, they are more likely to be aware of and receive…

The synthetic hormone Livial, designed as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy, makes it significantly more likely a woman’s breast cancer will come back, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.

A more sensitive screening test may one day help doctors determine how far colorectal cancer has spread, giving patients a better shot at survival, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

They…

A widely used blood pressure medication may be the key to preventing brain function loss common after radiation treatment, according to a newly published study by researchers at Wake…

An analysis of previous studies finds an association between being a cancer survivor and being unemployed, compared to healthy individuals, especially for survivors of breast and gastrointestinal cancers,…

Findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University show that the presence of a biomarker in regional lymph nodes is an independent…

A preliminary report suggests that genetic testing may help identify a marker in lymph nodes that is associated with an increased risk…

Six studies published in the past year by a Cornell researcher add to growing evidence that an apple a day - as well as…

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified a gene that plays a key role in regulating liver cancer progression, a discovery that could one day lead to new…

One of the problems in the treatment of cancers continues to be the lack of ability when it comes to discriminating between healthy and…

Although GABA and GABA receptors function as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mature CNS, abnormal levels of gene and protein expression of some GABA receptor subunits have been detected…

People with a family history of melanoma may have a greater risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have identified a new genetic hotspot for breast cancer.

Reporting this week in Nature Genetics, Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D, and colleagues have identified a region on chromosome…

Updated guidelines for physicians that represent best practices for using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to newly diagnose breast cancer and to make treatment decisions for breast…