Using Multiple Tobacco Products Ups Hazards: CDC
2010-08-05
Smoking cigarettes-plus greatly raises risk of cancer, heart disease, experts warnContinue Reading
Recession Causing Cancer Patients to Quit Life-Extending Drugs
2010-08-04
3 patients taking pricey Gleevec gave it up, prompting their tumors’ return, doctors reportContinue Reading
A New Marker to Spot Aggressive Breast Cancers?
2010-08-04
Levels of a cellular protein seem to fall as tumor lethality rises, study findsContinue Reading
Patients With Hepatitis B May Face Greater Risk of Blood Cancer
2010-08-03
Study finds twice the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphomaContinue Reading
Vaccine Shows Some Promise Against Advanced Cancers
2010-08-02
But only a minority of patients benefited and more work may need to be done, experts sayContinue Reading
Meat Compounds May Boost Bladder Cancer Risk
2010-08-02
People with highest levels of dietary nitrite had nearly a 30 percent increase in risk, study showsContinue Reading
Why Cancer Screening Campaigns Can Backfire
2010-07-30
Emphasizing low rate of prostate testing had unintended effect, study findsContinue Reading
Breast Cancer's DNA Yields More Secrets
2010-07-29
Another study shows that not all tumors are alike, pointing to better treatmentsContinue Reading
Vaccine Boosts Survival for Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer: Study
2010-07-28
But FDA-approved Provenge remains very expensive, experts noteContinue Reading
New Drugs Eyed for Huntington's Disease
2010-07-28
But tests on mice needed first, researchers sayContinue Reading
Technology May Explain Mammogram's Poorer Performance in Younger Women
2010-07-27
Worse detection rate not due to tumor biology in women under 50, study suggests.Continue Reading
Close Ties With Others Might Lengthen Life, Review Finds
2010-07-27
Strong support system seems to have significant health benefits, researchers sayContinue Reading
Genetic Risk Score Can Predict Odds For Breast Cancer
2010-07-27
Scientists find different variants affect different tumor typesContinue Reading