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Tamoxifen, the pill that prevents breast cancer in high-risk women, does not appear in the long run to save many lives, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Women at the…

Super-intense radiation delivered by a robotic arm eradicated lung tumors in some human patients just 3-4 months after treatment, medical physicist Cihat Ozhasoglu, Ph.D. of the University of Pittsburgh Medical…

Gleevec, the pill that transformed the treatment of a difficult type of leukemia by targeting the underlying defect, may cause serious heart damage, researchers cautioned on Sunday.

They found evidence…

While it is established that nicotine by itself is not carcinogenic, researchers have now shown that nicotine promotes cell proliferation and the progression of tumors already initiated by tobacco carcinogens.

In…

Recent advances in treatment mean it is possible to start talking about curing some types of cancer, the world’s biggest maker of cancer drugs said on Thursday.

Swiss-based…

One study, a meta-analysis of 59 trials, found little evidence that diet is associated with survival or prognosis. The other study suggests that neither use of garlic nor vitamin supplements delays…

According to the World Health Organization there are about 250,000 new cases of prostate cancer every year but, when caught in time, the disease has a cure rate of over 90%.…

Exercising can help cancer patients feel better mentally and physically, a new analysis of data from published research shows.

But it remains unclear what type of exercise is most effective…

Research published in the July issue of The Breast Journal emphasizes that women who have breast implants and are diagnosed with breast cancer have the option of breast…

Researchers recently discovered that a mutation in the JAK2 gene is responsible for the majority of cases of three rare kinds of chronic leukemia, all of which are resistant…

The racial gap in endometrial cancer survival has begun to narrow, but black women are still more likely to die from the disease than are white women, according to a…

Researchers from Florida Atlantic University, the Center for Breast Care at the Women’s Center at Boca Raton Community Hospital, and MeVis, The Center for Diagnostic Systems and Visualization at…

Organ transplant recipients have a much higher than average risk of developing an aggressive form of skin cancer, called squamous cell carcinoma. Dermatologists want physicians, nurses and patients to…

A blood test that looks for the body’s immune response to tumors may provide an easy way to detect lung cancer in patients long before an X-ray or CT…

A Mayo Clinic physician and colleagues have defined the normal number of melanocytes that are present in Caucasians’ sun-exposed skin.

Until now, there has not been a criterion to…

A recently discovered facet of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 reveals a mechanism linking mutation of BRCA1 to formation of large blood vessels needed to support cancer…

Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a method they developed to screen body fluids for certain kinds of cells and some of their genetic blueprint is twice as…

By demonstrating that a protein -  a growth factor called proepithelin -  plays a crucial role in the spread of bladder cancer, scientists at Jefferson Medical College…

Researchers in the United States have developed a blood test that is able to correctly predict non-small-cell lung cancer in patients years before any CT scan (computed…

Fifty-seven percent of lung cancer patients who were treated with thermal ablation survived to three years, two years beyond average life expectancy, according to research in the…

Scientists have suggested it may be possible to reverse drug resistance in lung cancer patients, thereby improving the effectiveness of chemotherapy, according to research published in…

Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a method they developed to screen body fluids for certain kinds of cells and some of their genetic blueprint is twice as…

A cluster of characteristics that include high cholesterol, obesity, high blood sugar and high blood pressure - dubbed metabolic syndrome - has been linked previously to the development of diabetes and…

Smoking marijuana can cause changes in lung tissue that may promote cancer growth, according to a review of decades of research on marijuana smoking and lung cancer.

Still, it is not…

Weight gain, particularly after menopause, is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in women, according to an article in the July 12 issue of JAMA.

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