health - "cancer"

Canada consistently ranks near the top in a worldwide estimate of five-year survival rates for cancer patients, according to an international study, which found huge variations from country to country and even ...

Breast cancer research needs to investigate how a person's ethnicity influences their response to treatment and its outcome, according to a new Comment piece in today's Lancet by researchers from Imperial College London.

Breast cancer is the most common female cancer in the UK, affecting one in nine women at some point in their life. The first patient-led DVD for women with breast cancer who are considering breast reconstruction will be launched today. It is hoped the DVD will change the way information is provided for women facing difficult surgical choices.

Researchers at Fred Hutchinson cancer Research Center have received a $7.6 million, four-year grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute to better understand the genetic and biological roots of common diseases. The Hutchinson Center is one of four U.S. research institutes to receive grants totaling about $31 million toward this effort.

Many experts now consider colon cancer a largely preventable disease, but a new study finds that primary care doctors might not always inform patients about one important step they can take to reduce their risk: becoming more physically active.

Scientists who identified a possible link to high incidences of stomach cancer in Aklavik, N.W.T., say they would be willing to take their research to the remote Yukon community of Old Crow, but only if residents ask for it.

Emerging evidence supports the hypothesis that a disruption in the human circadian system can negatively affect human health. For years scientists have observed the effects of circadian disruption on breast cancer, obesity, sleep disorders, and mental health.A new measurement device has been designed to provide objective information on how irregular patterns of light [...]

Studies now show that breast self-exams do not reduce breast cancer deaths. In light of the findings, the Susan G. Komen Breast cancer Foundation is changing its educational policies.

AngioDynamics, Inc. , a leading provider of innovative medical devices used by interventional radiologists, nephrologists and surgeons for the minimally invasive treatment of cancer and peripheral vascular ...

Smoking causes many types of deadly cancers, but postmenopausal women who smoke seem to gain some protection from cancer of the endometrium -- the inner lining of the uterus.