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A collaborative team of researchers spearheaded by Dennis Carson M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center at the University of…

Men with jobs that require them to be physically active may be getting benefits beyond salary and health insurance - they may be at…

A new study shows that health care providers play a key role in the likelihood their patients are screened for colorectal cancer. The findings suggest that…

A new study has found that one in twenty breast cancer web pages contained inaccurate information, and that web sites devoted to complementary or alternative medicine were fifteen times more…

A team of researchers led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has identified a new mechanism that explains why some recurrent ovarian tumors become resistant to…

It certainly appears that the incidence of bladder cancer is increasing in India. There are many issues about bladder cancer that are being debated in international forums. For…

According to the Delhi Cancer Registry, in 2003, bladder cancer was the 6 th most common cancer, surpassed in frequency only by cancers of the lung, larynx, tongue, prostate, and esophagus. Fifteen…

Is it safe to wait to make a decision about having prostate cancer surgery, even after you’ve waited and waited for all the doctor appointments and…

Women who smoke and have a specific genetic makeup are at significant risk for the development of breast cancer, according to a recent study published by the journal Cancer…

It sounds too good to be true … a little inexpensive pill that could block the development of some cancers, strengthen bones, prevent multiple sclerosis and alleviate winter…

Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha have assisted in a significant discovery – the understanding of a common mechanism of cancer initiation – that…

As part of National Cancer Prevention Month in February, experts at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center encourage participation in cancer prevention studies to…

Using two different endoscopes together is better than using one to stage lung cancer, and is also much more precise and less invasive than the surgical method now most commonly…

A team of researchers from the University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute, headed by Dr. Deborah W. Neklason, Ph.D., have tracked a genetic mutation linked to increased risk of colon cancer back…

The idea that a woman’s personality traits can make her more prone to breast cancer appears nothing more than a myth, say Dutch researchers.

Dr Eveline Bleiker of the Netherlands Cancer Institute and…

An innovative research approach has identified a previously unsuspected protein as a key player in the resistance to particular forms of breast cancer therapy. The study, published by Cell…

A comprehensive, clinical nomogram tool, the Sunnybrook Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator – the first to use all known risk factors for prostate cancer – is available online to…

An experimental biomarker test developed by researchers at the University of Michigan more accurately detects prostate cancer than any other screening method currently in…

Diabetes and hyper-insulinemia as predictors of colorectal cancer risk in a prospective cohort of women

Women with diabetes are 1.5 times more likely to develop colorectal cancer than…

While studies have consistently shown that men with diabetes are at a decreased risk for prostate cancer, the reasons have been unclear. By evaluating prostate…

Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a prostate cancer vaccine that prevented the development of cancer in 90 percent of young mice genetically predestined to develop the disease.…

Smokers have a two-fold increased risk of developing colorectal polyps, the suspected underlying cause of most colorectal cancers (CRC), according to a study published in Gastroenterology, the official journal of…

Efforts to treat pediatric papillary thyroid cancer are greatly improved by detecting the disease as early as possible, making the patient’s age the most important factor in determining a…

Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a prostate cancer vaccine that prevented the development of cancer in 90 percent of young mice genetically predestined to develop the disease.…