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Vacationing at the shore led to a 5 percent increase in nevi (more commonly called “moles”) among 7-year-old children, according to a paper published in Cancer Epidemiology,…

Evaluating how various proteins interact in tumors can help predict a woman’s chances of surviving breast cancer, allowing doctors to better tailor treatment, Canadian researchers said on Sunday.

A new study at the University of Haifa discovered:
Worldwide, countries with the highest levels of artificial light at night also have the highest rates of prostate…

A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition explores how soyfood consumption may lower the risk of colorectal cancer, or cancer of the colon or rectum,…

Chemotherapy is an integral part of modern cancer treatment, but it’s not always effective. Successful chemotherapy depends on the ability of anticancer drugs to escape…

A new study makes important new findings on the role of hormone use on the risk of breast cancer, confirming that the use of estrogen plus progesterone increases…

Being overweight or obese increases a man’s risk of prostate cancer recurrence after radical surgery for prostate cancer, research shows.

“Obesity is not only a risk factor for known medical conditions,…

Biology exists in a physical world. That’s a fact cancer researchers are beginning to recognize as they look to include concepts of physics and mathematics in their efforts to understand…

For patients with a particularly aggressive form of skin cancer - malignant melanoma - stress, including that which comes from simply hearing that diagnosis, might amplify the progression of…

A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center have developed a rapid, automated image screening process to distinguish breast…

The information about breast screening sent to women in the United Kingdom has serious shortcomings and should not be used as a basis for informed consent, warn researchers in a…

Despite recommendations and being at an increased risk of breast cancer, most young women who were treated with chest radiation for a childhood cancer do…

A preventive procedure to remove the unaffected breast in breast cancer patients with disease in one breast may only be necessary in patients who have high-risk features as assessed…

Scientists have discovered a novel way by which a much-studied cancer-promoting gene accelerates the disease. The finding suggests a new strategy to halt cancer’s progress.

Up to now, research has largely…

A new study identifies certain patient and tumor characteristics that may help indicate which breast cancer patients would be the most likely to benefit…

Women coping with difficulties in their marriage have a harder time recovering from treatment for breast cancer, researchers have found.

Breast cancer survivors involved in an ongoing but distressed marriage…

A new study indicates that many women with a family history of breast cancer are obese or sedentary, both of which may further boost their risk of the…

As the nation’s growing population of breast cancer survivors ages, many patients will likely develop common chronic illnesses like diabetes and heart disease, and they’ll…

Cancer patients in England can now apply for free prescriptions.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced last year that patients with long-term conditions will get their medicines free of charge on the NHS.

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Dr. André Veillette, a researcher at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), and his team led by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Mario-Ernesto Cruz-Munoz, will publish in…

African-American patients with colorectal were more likely to present with worse pathological features at diagnosis and to have a worse five-year survival rate compared to Caucasian patients, according to…

The risk of a rare form of liver cancer called intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, which occurs in the bile ducts of the liver, is significantly elevated in individuals who are infected…

At 70 years old, Lydia Whitlow likes to stay active. “I like to work in the yard. It feels good to turn the soil and watch my garden grow,”…

Using cancer cells from an ovarian cancer patient and human embryonic stem cells, Israeli researchers have created a cancerous tumor in a mouse that mimics the way the…

Abnormalities in genes that repair mistakes in DNA replication may help identify people who are at high risk of developing pancreatic cancer, a research team from The University…