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Women who are relatively young when they go through menopause seem to be at increased risk of developing bladder cancer, researchers from the University of Minnesota School of Public…

Older women with breast cancer get a lower level of care than younger women, researchers at The University of Manchester have found.

Compared to younger women, older women with…

Women with a recent diagnosis of cancer in one breast should have MRI screening of the opposite breast, concludes a multi-center study involving University…

For several years, our laboratories have studied the ability of freeze-dried berries (black raspberries, strawberries and blackberries) to inhibit cancer in the esophagus, colon and oral cavity. Berries…

Harvard Medical School researchers are working on a new, simpler way to distinguish malignant tumors from non-cancerous masses when screening for breast cancer.

Scientists in the laboratory of…

Forty-four percent of surgeons do not refer the majority of their breast cancer patients to a plastic surgeon prior to the initial surgery when the woman is choosing…

Merck & Co. Thursday said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has adopted the recommendation of an advisory panel that the drugmaker’s vaccine against cervical cancer routinely…

Chemicals found in grape seeds may help ward of skin cancer due to regular exposure to the sun, according to the results of an animal study reported Sunday in…

The larynx, commonly called the voice box, is subdivided into three parts: the glottis, the subglottis, and the supraglottis. The glottic larynx is that portion which contains the vocal cords.  The supraglottic…

Incidence of Larynx Cancer
12,000 annual cases in the United States (NCI); 8,900 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate)

Larynx Cancer:
Larynx Cancer is listed as a “rare disease” by…

Cancer statistics in general
There is a section explaining more about the different types of cancer statistics in the cancer statistics section of CancerHelp UK.  Unless you are…

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women today (after lung cancer) and is the most common cancer among women, excluding nonmelanoma skin cancers. According to the World Health…

Modern radiation therapy for early breast cancer seems to be much less toxic to the heart than older radiation regimens, according to a University of Michigan-Ann Arbor study.

A “critical…

Oral cancer is diagnosed in more than 30,000 individuals in the US annually, claiming 10,000 lives each year. Early detection remains the best way to ensure patient survival and…

The American Cancer Society estimates that during 2007 approximately 15,560 new esophageal cancer cases will be diagnosed in the United States. This disease is 3 to…

The esophagus is a muscular tube that carries food and liquid from the mouth to the stomach. The esophagus is usually between 10 and 13 inches long. The normal adult esophagus…

The risk of developing this disease can be greatly reduced by avoiding certain risk factors.

Some risk factors such as age, sex, and race cannot be changed. Other lifestyle…

There are no early detection tests used in the United States to screen the general population for esophageal cancer. However, people who are at high risk for esophageal…

Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have found that people with the most-aggressive form of Barrett’s esophagus, a precancerous condition that can lead…

Research on the treatment and prevention of esophageal cancer is now being done at many medical centers, university hospitals, and other institutions across the nation.

Genetics: Researchers have…

Prevention

Doctors cannot always explain why one person gets cancer and another does not. However, scientists have studied general patterns of cancer in the population to learn what things around us and…

Cancer of the esophagus is fairly common in some parts of the world. But in the United States, this disease accounts for only about 1 percent of all cancers.

The exact…

To find the cause of any of these symptoms, the doctor asks about the patient’s personal and family medical history and does a complete physical exam. In addition to checking…

The methods used to treat cancer are very powerful. It is hard to limit the effects of therapy so that only cancer cells are removed…

Accessing high-quality health information on the Internet may improve breast cancer patients’ opinions about their doctors, according to a new study conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center…