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An Australian study hints that diets with high amounts of meat and fat compared with those rich in vegetables and fruit appear to increase the risk of squamous cell…

Women who consume higher amounts of calcium and vitamin D may have a lower risk of developing premenopausal breast cancer, according to a…

Researchers at the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute of the University of Pennsylvania and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute describe in this week’s issue of Science a new candidate…

Chemical “relaxers” used to straighten hair are not associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer among African-American women, say researchers who followed 48,167 Black…

According to researchers at Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center, hair relaxers are not associated with increased risk of breast cancer in black women. The findings will be published in the May…

Until recently, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin and celecoxib (sold as Celebrex), were being hailed as promising cancer prevention drugs. However, the latest studies have concluded that…

Cancer is no longer the death sentence that it once was. Our most feared disease is turning into a condition that people live with, rather than die from, figures published yesterday show.

Cigarette smoking is more strongly associated with head and neck cancers than drinking alcohol, according to a study in the May 16 issue of the…

University of Florida researchers have identified specific human genes targeted by a virus believed to cause Kaposi’s sarcoma, a rare form of cancer associated with AIDS and with organ transplants that…

U.S. women are getting mammograms to screen for breast cancer at declining rates, according to a study describing a trend that experts fear may portend a reversal of progress…

Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have an increased risk of attaining a short stature as adults, regardless of the type of treatment they received for the cancer.

High…

Long-term use of aspirin may be a cheap, effective way of warding off colorectal cancer for people who are at high risk, but bleeding risks make it a bad idea…

People who have a first-degree relative with early-onset lung cancer are themselves at heightened risk for developing other types of cancer, according to a new report. The types…

Many people don’t know that the Jamaican musician, Bob Marley died of malignant melanoma in his right foot.

African-Americans and Asian-Americans tend not to check…

While breast cancer is far more common in women than in men, men may be more likely to die from early-stage breast tumors, a new study suggests.

Male breast…

Women who are extremely obese are less likely than thinner women to undergo screening for breast and cervical cancer, according to a new study.

Using data from a…

Even before women with breast cancer undergo chemotherapy, they experience fatigue and disruptions in sleep and activity levels, according to a new study from the University of Nebraska Medical…

In breast cancer survivors, the Iyengar method of yoga not only promotes psychological well-being, but seems to offer immune system benefits as well, according to research reported Monday…

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs help prevent heart attacks and may offer other health benefits, but contrary to what some people think they do not prevent cancer, a new study indicates.

The results…

This month The American Journal of Pathology highlights the influence of the cellular microenvironment on breast cancer by promoting three articles from the current issue. These articles describe advances…

New studies of a blood protein recently identified at Johns Hopkins, early prostate cancer antigen-2 (EPCA-2), may change the way men are screened for prostate cancer - a disease that…

Since 1990, the overall breast cancer death rates in the United States have decreased by about 24 percent, researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

While the rates…

A naturally occurring compound found in many fruits and vegetables as well as red wine, selectively kills leukemia cells in culture…

Women with a family history of breast cancer who undergo genetic risk screening worry less about the disease afterwards and show improvements in their psychological well being, a new review…

Scientists have discovered one of the reasons why bladder cancer is so much more prevalent in men than women: A molecular receptor or protein that is much…