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This year, nearly 175,000 Americans will learn they have lung cancer. Smoking is the greatest known risk factor for lung cancer, although being exposed to second-hand smoke, radon, asbestos…

Encouraging response rates have been achieved in women with advanced breast cancer treated with the investigational drug lapatinib, according to a recently published review.

The early results shown by…

Men who are undergoing treatment for infertility are 20 times more likely than men in the general population to be diagnosed with testicular cancer, a new study shows. The finding…

In men with prostate cancer, a small prostate size is associated with higher grade, more advanced prostate cancer, and a greater risk of disease progression, according to a new report.

“Prostate…

Researchers from Yale University’s School of Medicine reported today a further update on results from a clinical study in women with early-stage cancer of the cervix and vagina.…

Men and women with diabetes are at increased risk for developing cancer of the colon and rectum, according to a report from Sweden.

The findings are based on an analysis…

Contrary to the findings in rodent studies, a class of drugs commonly used to treat depression, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) that include drugs such as Prozac, do not appear to…

An experimental pancreatic cancer vaccine seems to be nudging survival rates higher for this aggressive, often-fatal malignancy for which there are few treatment options.

Use of the vaccine improves the 2-year…

Gene therapy to block the blood supply to tumors could provide a promising new strategy for treating pancreatic cancer, Chinese scientists said on Tuesday.

In test tube experiments and studies…

Scientists at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a new pathway in the progression of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). They also discovered that an extract from the root…

Studies conducted in women and in the laboratory strongly suggest that the herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba may help lower the risk of developing Ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer is the fourth leading…

A single protein may hold the key to turning the tide on lung cancer - still the world’s biggest cancer killer - research published on Tuesday shows.

Researchers at Vanderbilt…

Amgen Inc. and Abgenix Inc. said on Thursday a late-stage study found its experimental drug panitumumab helped slow tumor progression in patients with advanced Colon cancer who had failed multiple other therapies.

According to a new study two “screen and treat” Cervical cancer prevention programs developed for high-risk women in low-resource settings resulted in a lower prevalence of…

According to a newly published series of studies scientists have found that eating cabbage, cooking meat with garlic and even rubbing yourself all over with extract of broccoli can all help reduce the…

The FDA approved today a combination therapy - Tarceva (erlotinib) and Gemzar (gemcitabine) - for treatment of chemotherapy-naive patients with advanced pancreatic cancer .

The approval makes Tarceva, an…

The quest for a simple diagnostic test of lung cancer is beginning to pay off, researchers said here today.

A scraping of cheek cells contains a “clear signal” of malignancy-associated cellular…

In a review of medical records researchers say that African-Americans are more susceptible to Colon cancer at an earlier age than whites.

The new study also suggests they are…

Long-term survivors of childhood cancers are likely to have difficulty with certain activities of daily living and to be generally limited in their physical capabilities, new research suggests.

While treatment for childhood…

Early detection through screening mammography and improved adjuvant treatment have contributed almost equally to the substantial decrease in breast cancer death rates over…