THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Deaths from cancer continue to decline in the United States, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. Since peaking in 1991, cancer death rates have...
ReadWEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- People with acute leukemia who were given antibody therapy before a stem cell transplant fared better than those who didn't receive the treatment, a small study found. Stem...
ReadTUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Men who take aspirin regularly may have a lower risk of dying from prostate cancer, a new study suggests. "We found that regular aspirin intake after prostate cancer...
ReadJanuary 4, 2016 A new U.S. study has found that the high levels of sugar in the typical Western diet could increase the risk and spread of breast cancer. Previous studies have already looked at...
Readhealth day Study found people from Cuba, Puerto Rico have highest death rates from the diseaseWEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of colon cancer for Hispanics in California varies widely depending on...
ReadTUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Thyroid cancer survivors report lower quality of life than people who survive deadlier cancers, a new study finds. About 98 percent of thyroid cancer patients survive five years...
ReadTUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2015 (HealthDay News)-- Blood-thinning drugs can safely be given to certain patients before major cancer surgery, a new study suggests. Operations increase risk for blood clots in the legs, which can dislodge...
Readhealth day But ultrasound has more false positives, researchers findMONDAY, Dec. 28, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Ultrasound and mammography appear equally likely to detect breast cancer, a new study says. The finding is good news,...
ReadWEDNESDAY, Dec. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Paid sick leave for cancer patients eases their financial struggles and helps them keep their jobs, a new study shows. "Paid sick leave allows patients to take the...
ReadMONDAY, Dec. 21, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Many doctors wait too long to have end-of-life discussions with blood cancer patients, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed surveys completed by 349 blood cancer specialists, and found...
ReadMONDAY, Dec. 21, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- More than one-third of people with incurable cancer continue to work despite their fatal illness, a new study reports. What's more, they are likely to stay on the...
Readhealth day Higher odds seen among postmenopausal women who smoke, smoked in the pastMONDAY, Dec. 21, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Gum disease might increase the risk for breast cancer among postmenopausal women, particularly those who...
ReadTHURSDAY, Dec. 17, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- An annual blood test to screen postmenopausal women for ovarian cancer could reduce deaths from this killer by 20 percent, a large British trial suggests. Currently, with no...
ReadMONDAY, Dec. 14, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of "suicide gene therapy" and radiation is highly effective in treating prostate cancer, researchers say. In this type of gene therapy, a patient's cancer cells are...
ReadCelebrities including Angelina Jolie, Giuliana Rancic, and Christina Applegate have been vocal about choosing mastectomy (breast removal) to treat or prevent breast cancer. American women have also increasingly opted for mastectomy, with the rates of...
ReadDecember 14. 2015 by Malcolm Gladwell In the fall of 1963, not long after Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., joined the National Cancer Institute as a clinical associate, he and his wife were invited to a...
ReadFRIDAY, Dec. 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Alecensa (alectinib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug administration to treat anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive non-small cell lung cancer, the agency said Friday in a...
ReadFRIDAY, Dec. 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Vistogard (uridine triacetate) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat an overdose of chemotherapy drugs commonly used to treat cancers of the breast...
ReadFRIDAY, Dec. 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal women who have an early, noninvasive form of breast cancer had similar recurrence rates of disease whether they took the drug tamoxifen or the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole...
ReadTHURSDAY, Dec. 10, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists are testing a noninvasive alternative to lymph node biopsy for detecting early signs that melanoma skin cancer has spread. Patients currently undergo surgical removal, often involving a...
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