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Study links low vitamin D to increased risk of pancreatic cancer

While it’s clear that too much sun can increase the risk for skin cancer, a new study has found that too little vitamin D can increase the risk of pancreatic cancer.

Cancer may leave early warning signs in cheek cells

Smoking may bring on changes in cells that are linked with many cancers, including breast and gynecological cancers, a new study finds.

3-month-old South Dakota twins battling same type of cancer

Three-month-old Kenedi and Kendal Breyfogle share the same eye color, the same little noses, ears and mouths, and, in many of their photos, the same outfits.

Two-thirds in US with invasive cancer live five or more years, study says

Two out of three people in the United States with cancer that has spread to nearby tissue live at least five years after they are diagnosed, according to a federal study released on Thursday.

Fear of premature aging may encourage teens to use sunscreen

Teenagers felt more compelled to apply sunscreen if they saw in a video that it could protect their skin from premature aging than if they saw that it could protect against cancer, a new study shows.

Prostate cancer risk linked to baldness

Men who are losing their hair due to male pattern baldness may be at increased risk of dying from prostate cancer, a new study suggests.

Study: Stool Test Good for Catching Colon Cancer

The inexpensive tests that look for hidden blood in a person's stool are effective for colon cancer screening, a study confirms

More men with prostate cancer are opting for surveillance

Men with early-stage prostate cancer are increasingly opting for regular monitoring and holding off on treatment unless the disease progresses, a new study suggests.

US cancer survival rates improving

The proportion of people surviving years after a cancer diagnosis is improving, according to a new analysis.

Man with just days to live marries fiancée with help of hospice center

The Michigan hospice center where a man with just days to live is being cared for helped grant his last wish Wednesday, by putting together a wedding so that he could marry his fiancée.