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A 37-year-old man with breast cancer was told on Monday his local NHS trust will fund treatment with the potentially life-saving drug Herceptin, a move that will add to…

White blood cells from a strain of cancer-resistant mice cured advanced cancers in ordinary laboratory mice, researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reported.

“Even highly aggressive forms of malignancy…

New research shows that many women recently diagnosed with lung cancer have normal lung function and perform better on lung function tests compared with their male counterparts.

For women diagnosed with a type of non-invasive breast cancer, removing the breast is not the only treatment option.

Breast conserving surgery, long known to be…

For men under the age 55 with localized prostate cancer, external beam radiation may be an effective alternative to both conservative and more invasive…

For men under the age 55 with localized prostate cancer, external beam radiation may be an effective alternative to both conservative and more invasive treatments, according to a…

Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) of the breast can be treated with breast conserving surgery (BCT), as is invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), without greater future risk of radical surgical…

A history of severe sunburn, especially sunburns in childhood, can increase a person’s risk for skin cancer. Growing older can increase a person’s risk for melanoma, too.

Significant recent interest in the literature (JAMA 2006;295:1503, Lancet, epub) and by patients has arisen in response to a presentation given by Dr. Eric Klein of…

A new study, to be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Political Economy, calculates the prospective gains that could be obtained from further progress against major diseases.

Kevin M.…

One of the few gene therapy studies that had ever been successful was terminated in 2003, because several of the treated children had developed leukemia.

The cancer of the blood was…

Percutaneous cryoablation, a relatively non-invasive technique that destroys tumors by freezing them, is a safe method for treating kidney tumors in selected patients who are not considered…

An engineered virus tracks down and infects the most common and deadly form of brain cancer and then kills tumor cells by forcing them to devour themselves, researchers at…

The accuracy of PET-CT for detecting recurrent ovarian cancer is high, more accurate even than either CT or PET alone, says a new study by researchers from Massachusetts…

The findings of a new study provide further evidence that screening older men for prostate cancer is not worthwhile and may actually do harm. Aggressive treatment of prostate cancers…

British scientists say women who develop breast cancer because of two common genetic mutations could have their treatment transformed by a chemotherapy drug which already exists.

The…

Peplin Limited today announced positive results from its Australian phase IIa clinical trial of its proprietary drug PEP005 Topical in superficial forms of basal cell carcinoma (sBCC) the most…

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have defined conditions associated with disabling fatigue that persists for years in almost a third of breast cancer survivors, according to…

New clues to why some kinds of leukemia are more aggressive and deadly than others are coming from research examining the types of genetic damage…

MDCT urography is a promising technique for detecting bladder tumors both with and without contrast material, helping patients avoid an invasive test, according to a new…

Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have created a new class of hybrid virus and demonstrated its ability to find, highlight, and deliver genes…

A combined strategy of public education and early diagnosis currently offers the only hope of cure for people with melanoma, warn senior doctors in this week’s BMJ.

Melanoma is a deadly…

Many positive CT scans for lung cancer screening resolve after short-term follow-up, doctors have observed.

The value of CT screening for lung cancer is unclear. In people at high…

A review of research adds to evidence that people who work in sales may have a slightly elevated risk of bladder cancer - particularly women.

Studies have found higher bladder…

Prior pregnancy is associated with a reduced the risk of breast cancer in women older than 40 years who are carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations - which are known…