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Taking 1,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D3 daily appears to lower an individual’s risk of developing certain cancers – including colon, breast, and ovarian cancer –…

Women with certain types of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection run the risk of developing CIN - cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, a type of pre-cancer. However, contrary to previous concerns, their…

While it is clear that the treatment of cancer has already begun to undergo a paradigm shift with the inclusion of innovative targeted therapies into current regimens, it would be wrong…

Combination of T cell, antibody to neuroblastoma cells and molecule that spurs T cell growth is designed to treat low initial tumor levels or small cancer cell populations…

Women and African-Americans are under-represented in lung cancer clinical trials, clinicians report in the journal Cancer. “The lack of participation by minorities and women shut them out of the…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug to treat the most common type of kidney cancer on Tuesday, hailing it as a major advance in slowing…

Screening chest x-ray detects a substantial number of lung cancers at an early potentially curable stage, according to initial findings from the largest US study of the efficacy of screening for…

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center investigators report that imatinib mesylate (GleevecTM), the drug used to treat patients with gastrointestinal stromal cancers (GISTs), is not likely to be effective…

Individuals diagnosed with a first malignant melanoma of the skin have a significantly increased risk of being diagnosed with a second malignant melanoma, according to a report in the current issue…

Green tea beverages are showing signs of being able to prevent skin cancer.

Santos K. Katiyar, Ph.D., UAB assistant professor of dermatology, has led a series of animal studies on the preventive effects…

In late-stage testing, Gardasil, a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, was 100 percent effective at preventing infection with four HPV types known to be associated with cervical cancer.

HPV causes cervical…

Drug company GlaxoSmithKline have had a good result with their new vaccine which was designed to prevent infection with the virus that causes cervical cancer.

The company in…

Cancer patients who have radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery have a lower risk of recurrence and a better chance of beating the illness, according to a study released on Friday.

An…

Ovarian cancer tumour cells use two separate mechanisms to evade the body’s defensive reaction - and in so doing also elude a newly discovered counteraction from the surrounding tissue.

An international consortium of epidemilogists - including Dr. Alexandra Nieters and Professor Nikolaus Becker of the Clinical Epidemiology Division of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum,…

While there is never a good time to start smoking, new research shows that women who light up before their first full-term pregnancy may slightly increase their risk of breast…

It all started 5 years ago when a University of Calgary neuroscientist sent blood from a patient with a neurological disorder to the laboratory of Dr. Marvin Fritzler,…

A high lean body mass - calculated using an equation to determine body mass minus the fat - may lower the risk of prostate cancer, a new study indicates.

Betel quid chewing is a strong independent risk factor for pharyngeal cancer (cancer of the back of the throat), but not laryngeal cancer (cancer of the voice box), according to…

Women who suspect they might carry a gene putting them at a higher risk of breast cancer are waiting up to two years for the results of genetic testing, campaigners have said.

Higher insulin concentrations and insulin resistance are associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer in men, according to a study in the December 14 issue of…

Women who drank at least two cups of tea a day had a lower risk of ovarian cancer than those who did not drink tea, according to a…

Consumption of high levels of dietary iron appear to be associated with an increased risk of throat and stomach cancer, researchers report. However, the risk is decreased with higher…

Common infections that affect mothers and babies may trigger certain types of childhood cancers, researchers said on Monday.

They found that leukemia and brain tumors, leading cancers in children, occurred…