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Organizations issue joint guidelines for breast cancer survivors

Most breast cancer survivors require routine mammograms and physical exams to check for new tumors, but they don't need additional imaging or lab tests unless symptoms suggest malignancies may have returned, according to new joint guidelines from two leading U.S. cancer groups.

Scientists assembled for Monsanto say herbicide not carcinogenic, disputing WHO report

A panel of scientists is disputing a World Health Organization report published earlier this year that concluded glyphosate, the world's most widely used weed killer and main ingredient in Monsanto Co's Roundup herbicide, is probably carcinogenic to humans.

Melanoma experts optimistic about Jimmy Carter's progress

Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday that his latest brain scan found no evidence of melanoma, the serious form of cancer that doctors discovered this summer in his liver and brain.

Carter's cancer gone thanks to advances in treatments

Dr. Marc Siegel explains success

Gilead leukemia drug trial unblinded early due to success

A late stage trial of a Gilead Sciences drug in previously treated patients with a particular type of leukemia was unblinded early after independent monitors determined the medicine provided significant benefit in delaying worsening of the disease, the company said on Monday.

J&J leukemia drug cuts death risk vs. chemo in new patients, study finds

Johnson & Johnson's and AbbVie's cancer drug Imbruvica significantly reduced the risk of death and disease progression compared with chemotherapy in previously untreated patients with a type of leukemia in a late stage study, paving the way for an expanded approval of the medicine.

Jimmy Carter says recent brain scan shows no sign of cancer

Scans turned up clean

Risk of death nearly doubled for Vietnam veterans with PTSD

Higher than average death rates among Vietnam War veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) suggest that combat trauma may still be affecting veterans' health even decades after the war, according to a new study.

British father who died 4 days after wedding lives on through daughter, widow says

A British widow whose husband died of cancer four days after their August wedding said that he lives on through their toddler daughter.

Young adults more likely to 'cheat' if they think partner is doing it

Young adults who believe their partners are having sex with other people are more likely to have overlapping sexual relationships too, upping everyone's risk of sexually transmitted infections (STI), according to a small U.S. study.