Tanning beds tied to US health costs of $343M a year Skin cancers caused by indoor tanning are responsible for $343 million a year in direct medical costs for U.S. patients, a recent study suggests.
How your teen's diet could affect her breast cancer risk Eating an "inflammatory diet" as a teen may increase a woman's risk of breast cancer, a new study suggests.
Juno ends development of high-profile leukemia drug after deaths Juno Therapeutics Inc on Wednesday said it decided to shut down development of an experimental leukemia treatment from a highly promising new class of immunotherapy following an investigation into toxicity that led to a handful of patient deaths.
Obesity strongly linked to 11 types of cancer People who are obese have a greater risk of developing and dying from several types of cancer including malignancies of the breast, ovary, kidney, pancreas, colon, rectum and bone marrow, a research review confirms.
Breast cancer costs low-income women more jobs Poor women undergoing breast cancer treatment are four times more likely to lose their jobs than their high-income peers, a new study suggests.
Colorectal cancer rates rise sharply in younger US adults Colorectal cancer rates are on the rise among millennials and Gen Xers in the U.S., a new study finds.
Lawyer diagnosed with brain tumors following fatal crash arrest, friend says A friend of the Minnesota lawyer who was arrested last week after the SUV he was driving hit and killed a jogger told a local news outlet that he has since been diagnosed with brain tumors.
Gene therapy to fight a blood cancer succeeds in major study An experimental gene therapy that turns a patient's own blood cells into cancer killers worked in a major study, with more than one-third of very sick lymphoma patients showing no sign of disease six months after a single treatment, its maker said Tuesday.
