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A commonly used HIV medicine may also help prevent cervical cancer and could be developed into an anti-cancer cream, early laboratory tests by British scientists suggest.

Researchers at the…

Traditionally, medical castration therapy following radiotherapy can significantly improve survival for men with locally advanced prostate cancer, compared to radiotherapy alone.

For those unwilling to…

An in-depth study of nanoparticle distribution in tumor-bearing mice has shown that targeted magnetic nanoparticles accumulate and cluster in both primary breast tumors and…

Despite the fact that bowel cancer is the third most common form of the disease in Britain and kills 16,000 people every year, the government watchdog on drugs the National…

By combining a compound produced by the plant St. John’s wort with polymeric nanoparticles, researchers at the University of Geneva in Switzerland have developed a…

The American Society of Clinical Oncology and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network on Tuesday released seven quality guidelines for breast and colorectal cancer care, CQ Today reports.

The guidelines…

Variables that impact management of failed primary therapy for prostate cancer (CaP) are not well defined.

In the epub version of Cancer, Dr. Krupski…

The search for molecular markers that further advance our knowledge of the biology of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and assist in evaluating the diagnosis and…

When children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are cared for at home, medication errors occur in about one in five cases, according to a new study. Although…

A large Canadian study adds to evidence that women with breast implants do not face a higher risk of cancer or other major diseases, but they may have…

Sixteen percent of women who underwent chemotherapy for breast cancer experienced serious adverse effects requiring emergency care or hospitalization, according to a new study supported by the U.S. Department of Health…

Patients with liver tumors called hepatocellular carcinomas and who have few other treatment options are likely to benefit from proton beam radiation therapy, Japanese researchers report in the journal Cancer.

Lead investigator…

A team of U.S. scientists has developed an experimental drug treatment that kills prostate cancer cells in mice while sparing normal cells.

The approach is based on delivering small interfering…

Researchers believe that the side effects of chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer are probably higher than thought.

New research by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in Boston and Harvard Medical…

A study of women with ovarian cancer undergoing chemotherapy shows that those with a more optimistic outlook were less distressed and had a better quality of life.

The study team…

Scientists in the United States have developed a test which is able to predict which lung cancer tumours are most likely to recur.

The scientists say that…

Men with prostate cancer and their spouses/significant others are being sought for a joint study being conducted by two Los Angeles-area medical centers as part of…

African Americans are less likely than whites to question their doctors or raise concerns about their care, which may contribute to the racial disparities seen in U.S. healthcare, researchers reported…

Britain’s cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE came one step closer on Friday to approving a new class of breast cancer treatments known as aromatase inhibitors.

The decision by the National Institute…

Researchers say they have developed a test that can predict with near certainty whether the most common form of lung cancer will return after surgery.

The new test could…

Mayo Clinic’s multiple myeloma (MM) research team has jointly issued a consensus statement regarding the use of bisphosphonates to prevent or treat bone disease in MM.…

Breast cancer researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified a number of activity patterns in the genes of individual tumors that make them biologically different…

Boston University scientists announced today that the anti-miscarriage drug diethylstilboestrol (DES) - commonly prescribed from 1940 to 1975 - could double the normal risk of breast cancer in exposed women.

A new blood test has been developed by an international team of scientists which can detect the very early stage of breast cancer.

The test created by a team…

One of the six volunteers who fell seriously ill when a clinical drug trial went wrong is showing early signs of cancer, according to a report on Sunday.

In…