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…

“This is a special IV okay and this is how Charlotte gets most of her medicine, through this.”

KINDERGARTEN PUPPET SHOWS USUALLY DON’T COVER SUCH SERIOUS TOPICS. BUT FIVE-YEAR…

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and affiliated VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System are the first in the U.S. to perform a specialized PET/CT scan to successfully locate…

Children and young adults who were conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) have a slightly increased risk of developing cancer, relative to those conceived naturally, researchers from Sweden reported…

The continued drop in overall cancer mortality rates over the last 20 years has averted more than three-quarters of a million (767,000) cancer deaths according to a new report from the American…

Black people with cancer are up to twice as likely as other races to die from their disease. While disparities exist for nearly every common cancer type,…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should step in to protect patients from radiation from CT scanners, according to one expert in the ongoing debate over the safe…

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a way to disable a common protein that often thwarts chemotherapy treatment of several major forms of cancer.

The researchers…

Restoring people’s health and returning them to their daily lives as soon as possible is the goal following any surgery. When a person’s ability to eat and…

High levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol - a.k.a. “good cholesterol” - may be linked to lower risks of cancer as well as heart attacks, new research suggests.

Dr. Richard…

Cancer will kill more than 13.2 million people a year by 2030, almost double the number who died from the disease in 2008, the United Nations’…

The University of Nottingham spin-out company, Oncimmune Ltd, has developed a ground breaking blood test which will aid the detection of cancer as much as five…