Six or more cups of coffee a day may dramatically cut the risk of breast cancer by as much as 70 percent among women with one of the gene mutations linked to an very high risk of the disease, a new study shows. »
Despite what many may have heard, drinking soda does not increase the risk of developing esophageal cancer. In fact it might protect against it, a new study finds. »
Pumping heavy doses of chemotherapy drugs directly into the abdomen boosted survival of women with advanced ovarian cancer by 16 months in what experts call the first advance in more than a decade against one of the most lethal cancers in women. »
Australian scientists have made a world first stem cell breakthrough that may explain why some women develop breast cancer and suffer recurrences despite undergoing treatments such as chemotherapy. »
A WONDER drug that dramatically cuts the risk of breast cancer returning has been pioneered in Manchester. »
Most of the time we look to teaching hospitals like Duke and UNC for major treatment advances, but trials are happening at smaller hospitals as well, and getting impressive results. »
A Valley man proves miracles do happen. »
A WONDER drug that dramatically cuts the risk of breast cancer returning has been pioneered in Manchester. »
SEAN PHILLIPS had the Christmas present he wished for - he was told he is free of cancer. »
According to a new study breast cancer patients who have radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery have a lower risk of a recurrence of the disease and a better chance of beating the illness. »
Girls aged 10 to 14 who received GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s vaccine to prevent infection with the virus that causes cervical cancer had immune responses twice as strong as women 15-25 years old given the vaccine, the company said on Saturday, describing results of a late-stage trial. »
Women who drink two cups of tea per day are significantly less likely to get ovarian cancer than non tea-drinkers, according to research published yesterday. »
A breast cancer drug not fully subsidised in New Zealand has been found to cut death rates by 29 per cent, prompting calls for it to be made fully available. »
Scientists are developing a “super-broccoli” which they hope will help people ward off cancer. »
Adding high-dose radiation therapy to local chemotherapy improves the survival of patients with liver cancers that can’t be removed surgically, according to a new report. »
A new way of inhibiting prostate cancer cells has been found that could prevent the disease returning after treatment. »
A glass of red wine a day could keep tumours at bay according to a study of men with lung cancer, claimed a study published today. »
Precisely targeting radiation at a liver tumor — not the entire organ — and delivering 400 times the normal amount of chemotherapy directly to the liver helps extend the lives of liver cancer patients, a new study finds. [100 Q&A About Liver Cancer] »
In spite of no apparent change in numbers where cancer diagnoses cases in the UK are concerned since 1995, the death rates due to cancer have fallen by 2.4% each year. [I Beat Cancer: 50 People Tell You How They Did It] »
TREATMENT with deguelin, a chemical found in various plants, may help prevent lung cancer caused by cigarette smoking, the results of an animal study suggest. »
Researchers have identified a protein that disrupts an important signaling pathway in prostate cancer cells and suppresses growth of the cancer. [Prostate Cancer for Dummies] »
Michael Durham’s pioneering NHS treatment for his leukaemia involved a luxurious alternative to a hospital ward. »
YOUNG Scottish women have become the first in the UK to be given a controversial vaccine designed to eradicate cervical cancer. [See: Cancer jab available in a year] »
Cancer could become a ‘controllable’ disease rather than a killer within 20 years, one of the country’s leading experts on the disease has predicted. [Everyone’S Guide To Cancer Therapy] »
A novel approach to cancer treatment will be undertaken for the first time in Malaysia. »
Scientists in London and Calgary have used a rabbit virus to eliminate human brain tumors in mice for the first time, raising the possibility a cure can be developed for the deadly disease. »
An experimental pancreatic cancer vaccine seems to be nudging survival rates higher for this aggressive, often-fatal malignancy for which there are few treatment options. [100 Questions & Answers About Pancreatic Cancer] »
A TEAM of cancer specialists from Edinburgh have won a top award for their pioneering work treating patients with prostate cancer. [Prostate Cancer : What Every Man- -and His Family Need to Know] »
Natural sugar may help cure cancer, says a new study. »
A researcher at the University of Nevada has shown that omega-3 fatty acids, which are often found in fish oil or golden algae oil, can save the life of a terminal cancer patient. »