New research that provides potential for exciting new approaches to targeting diseases such as cancer has been announced by an international team of academics.

They have also…

One third of U.S. patients dying of cancer end up getting costly but futile treatment in hospitals, when hospice care to ease their suffering would be more appropriate, researchers reported…

Researchers are closing in on highly sensitive devices that trap bits of cancer in the blood, offering a “liquid biopsy” that would give doctors and drug companies a…

New research from North Carolina State University shows that most online news stories about cancer contain language that likely contributes to public uncertainty about the disease –…

Many men – whose fertility may be at risk from cancer treatment – are not being offered the chance to store their sperm according to new research…

Aging men with cancer may be more plagued by low levels of testosterone than their tumor-free peers, U.S. researchers said Monday.

Dwindling levels of the male sex hormone were tied…

A University of Illinois study has shown for the first time that sulforaphane, the powerful cancer-fighting agent in broccoli, can be released from its parent compound by bacteria in…

Mothers who have children diagnosed with cancer now have a better approach to address and cope with stresses associated with their child’s disease.

New study highlights need to address both the overuse and underuse of recommended colorectal cancer screening tests

Only one-fifth of primary care physicians in the US follow practice guidelines for…

A sizeable proportion of patients with advanced cancer and a life expectancy of only a few years continue to undergo common cancer screening tests that are…

For the first time, UK scientists have reported direct evidence that taking up smoking results in epigenetic changes associated with the development of cancer.

The results were reported at the…

In a study presented at the 35th Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), Dr Giovanni Bernardo from Fondazione Maugeri in Pavia, Italy,…

A surgical technique appears to offer quick and effective relief for debilitating spinal fractures often suffered by patients with metastatic cancer, researchers reported at the 35th…

Individual cancer-causing mutations have a minute effect on tumor growth, increasing the rate of cell division by just 0.4 percent on average, according to new mathematical modeling by…

The imaging tests widely used in children’s cancer treatment can expose some kids to potentially concerning levels of radiation, according to a study published Monday.

The findings, based…

Patients who experience physical or psychological stress – including rigorous exercise – one or two days before a cancer treatment might be unknowingly…

Cancer patients who die at home do so more peacefully - and their caregivers end up doing better emotionally, too, researchers reported on Monday.

At-home hospice care not only saves…

Swimming in indoor chlorinated pools may induce genotoxicity (DNA damage that may lead to cancer) as well as respiratory effects, but the positive health effects of swimming can…

According to a new study a protein crucial for the immune response appears to be a key player in the progression of a devastating form…

The economic downturn threatens to raise cancer rates in Europe as lifestyles change, budgets are cut, and private and public sector employers take short cuts on safety, public health experts…

Recent studies have shown that acupuncture can help control a number of symptoms and side effects - such as pain, fatigue, dry mouth, nausea, and vomiting -…

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers have uncovered a new link between chronic inflammation and cancer. Although cancers do not always cause inflammation, chronic inflammation is known…

People who are friendly and outgoing and those prone to be nervous and moody have at least one thing in common: their personalities do not seem to be connected…

In Germany, several national health campaigns promote cancer screening by announcing that only one in five German men gets screened. This is…

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