MONDAY, Nov. 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The age at which cancer survivors are diagnosed with their disease may help predict their risk of death from heart disease, new research suggests. Patients diagnosed at a...
ReadMONDAY, Nov. 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Second opinions have little impact on prostate cancer patients' treatment decisions, new research suggests. The study included nearly 2,400 men in the Philadelphia area recently diagnosed with localized...
ReadFRIDAY, Nov. 4, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A spate of multimillion-dollar jury verdicts against consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson is shining a light on a long-simmering scientific question: Can baby powder cause ovarian cancer?...
ReadTHURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- In rare cases, potent drugs that prompt the immune system to fight cancer may threaten the heart in the process, researchers report. Known as immunotherapy, these medications have...
ReadWEDNESDAY, Nov. 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Women in developing countries are more likely to die of breast and cervical cancer than those in richer nations, researchers report. But, they added, many of the deaths...
ReadWEDNESDAY, Nov. 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Anal cancer rates are on the rise in many countries. But vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) -- a virus linked to the development of anal cancer -- may...
ReadTUESDAY, Nov. 1, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic testing could help identify breast cancer patients at high risk for the formation of blood clots in their veins, new research suggests. This problem, called venous thromboembolism...
ReadWEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment for depression and anxiety is nearly twice as common among U.S. cancer survivors as it is for those who never had the disease, a new study finds....
ReadMONDAY, Oct. 24, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one-third of cancer deaths among Americans aged 35 or older are caused by smoking, and the rate is much higher in the South, a new study finds....
ReadTHURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- More than 90 percent of men in Sweden who have very low-risk prostate cancer choose close monitoring rather than immediate treatment -- and more American men should use...
ReadWEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- While it's well known that healthy living can lower the odds for colon cancer, a new study finds it's even true for men whose DNA puts them at...
ReadWEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Lartruvo (olaratumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with certain soft-tissue sarcomas, cancers that develop in areas such as the muscles,...
ReadTUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Fear of cancer recurrence seems to be a primary reason why breast cancer patients choose to have their cancer-free breast removed at the same time as their affected...
ReadMONDAY, Oct. 17, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Efforts to improve the quality of care in the United States have had little impact on many aspects of outpatient care, a new, sweeping analysis shows. The researchers...
ReadFRIDAY, Oct. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A project to describe every cell in the human body would have been unrealistic just a few years ago. But international scientists meeting in London Friday said they...
ReadFRIDAY, Oct. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Having a large waistline, a high body mass index (BMI) and type 2 diabetes, may raise your risk for liver cancer, a new study suggests. "We found that...
ReadOctober 13, 2016 Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah announced today the results of a study that found that circumstances in childhood, such as parental occupation at birth and neighborhood...
ReadOctober 12, 2016 by Marilynn Marchione A new study questions the value of mammograms for breast cancer screening. It concludes that a woman is more likely to be diagnosed with a small tumor that is...
ReadOctober 12, 2016 by Ziba Kashef All cancers originate from an earlier, or precursor, state—such as a benign or asymptomatic condition. To develop new approaches to cancer prevention, scientists have attempted to grow tumor cells...
ReadOctober 11, 2016 Diagnosis of cancer as a medical emergency leads to poorer prognosis for many patients Credit: Craig Brierley Too many patients – particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds – are being diagnosed with cancer...
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