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Researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, in cooperation with industry partners, have, for the first time, identified tumor specific alterations in the cellular pathway by which the multiple myeloma drug bortezomib…

A gene discovered by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has been associated with two forms of pancreatic cancer, according to a…

Whether is it jogging around the park, pumping iron or swimming, an hour of vigorous exercise a day can lower the risk of bowel cancer, according to a study…

More African-American women are being screened for breast cancer than in years past, but they’re still less likely to have the disease caught early compared with white women, a…

A popular baldness drug taken by more than 4 million men worldwide can mask an important marker used in screening tests to detect prostate cancer, scientists said on Monday.

Finasteride,…

Cigarette smoking significantly increases the risk of cervical cancer associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16, according to a report in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

Numerous reports have…

Giving radiation therapy and chemotherapy at the same time after a lumpectomy helps keep breast cancer from returning locally, according to a study published in the December 1 issue…

Physicians and researchers in the Methodist Neurological Institute (NI) are studying the use of a novel combination of radiation and suicide gene therapy to treat typically stubborn…

A higher body mass index (BMI), especially in early adulthood, may be associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer before menopause, according to an…

Certain women may miss out on routine tests that screen for early signs of breast cancer.

Elderly women, women with publicly funded health insurance and women who don’t…

Researchers have linked chemotherapy with short-term structural changes in cognitive areas of the brain, according to a new study. Published in the January 1, 2007 issue of CANCER,…

According to a new study by researchers in the U.S., oral contraceptives and intrauterine devices (IUD) appear to provide long-term protection against endometrial cancer.

The researchers, led by Dr.…

Pinpointing reasons behind the dramatic increase in testicular cancer, now the most common malignant cancer among 15-to-35-year-old Caucasian men, is the focus of a five-year, $5.5 million National Cancer Institute (NCI)…

The B vitamin folate has important health benefits, but a lower risk of breast cancer may not be one of them, new research suggests.

In an analysis of 22 past…

The following are based on abstracts presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Fifth Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research held November 12 – 15 in Boston.

LOWER CHOLESTEROL…

Cigarette smoking and concurrent infection with high levels of the virus associated with cervical cancer can increase cancer risk by as much as 27 times, according to a…

While there have been significant advances in the use of gene expression profiling to assess a cancer prognosis, a Mayo Clinic review and analysis of existing…

Eating soy regularly as a young girl may help protect against the development of breast cancer later on in life, according to a study reported today in Boston at…

“Major progress” has been achieved in developing chemotherapy combinations to prolong life in patients with ovarian cancer, according to a team of researchers in Greece, the UK, and the…

A new study has found that African-American women experience the longest diagnostic, treatment and clinical delay of breast cancer treatment. This helps explain why African-American women…

A foundation created by American billionaire, Daniel K. Ludwig, will this year give six leading US institutions $20 million cash each, plus stock in a New York real estate…

A diagnosis of breast cancer has taken on a new meaning in the past 10 years, as research has produced a host of new therapies and detection techniques, significantly…

External-beam radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer can be delivered safely and in a shorter course that eliminates as much as two weeks from conventional treatment, finds a Fox Chase…

Two new studies on the treatment of prostate cancer could well affect future treatment options for patients.

The first study by Dr. Cliff Robinson, M.D., a radiation…

External-beam radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer can be delivered safely and in a shorter course that eliminates as much as two weeks from conventional treatment, finds a…