Cancer

Smoking alters saliva to raise cancer risk-study

Smoking destroys protective molecules in saliva and transforms it into a dangerous cocktail of chemicals that increases the risk of mouth cancer, scientists said…    

Study finds condoms contain cancer-causing substance

Most condoms contain a cancer-causing chemical and their manufacture should be subject to greater quality control, a German scientific research institute said Friday.

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Obesity drug ‘may fight cancer’

A drug currently used to treat obesity may also be able to fight prostate cancer, a study suggests.

Scientists in the United…    

Combo therapy could tackle drug-resistant cancer

Using two drugs instead of just one could help cancer patients whose tumours do not respond to standard treatment, researchers said on Wednesday.…    

FDA expands access to experimental melanoma drug

Maxim Pharmaceuticals said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had allowed it to expand advanced testing of a drug for treating skin…    

Cervical cancer still cutting many lives short

While deaths from cervical cancer have plunged in wealthy nations over the past 50 years, the disease remains a top killer of younger women…    

New methods to detect breast cancer show promise

New tests that measure water, oxygen and other breast tissue properties could be more effective than mammograms in diagnosing breast cancer, scientists said on…    

New breast cancer detection method promising

New tests that measure water, oxygen and other breast tissue properties could be more effective than mammograms in diagnosing breast cancer, scientists said Monday.…    

AIDS-related skin cancer down sharply, study finds

The number of HIV patients with Kaposi sarcoma, a once-rare cancer that became a marker for AIDS in the early days of the epidemic,…    

Changing Lifestyle May Help to Combat Cancer

A new report says changing lifestyles can be a major factor in preventing deaths from cancer.

The Institute of Medicine says that…    

Cancer patients ‘not told enough’

Half of breast cancer patients are given “incomplete or incomprehensible” information about their disease, researchers have found.

The study of 1,000 women…    

Radiation link to cancer explained

Scientists are a step closer to discovering why radiation causes cancer.

They have identified a molecule which appears to play a crucial…    

Japan’s emperor faces cancer surgery

Japan’s Emperor Akihito will undergo surgery for prostate cancer next week, the Imperial Palace has announced.

The 69-year-old emperor will be admitted…