Skin cancer removal with miniaturized radiation Toni Weiser is a veteran of skin-cancer removals. The 75-year-old retired teacher in Santa Fe, N.M., says she’s had at least eight basal and squamous cell cancers scraped, frozen and surgically excised from her arms, face and shoulders.
New home test shakes up colon cancer screening Starting Monday, millions of people who have avoided colon cancer screening can get a new home test that's noninvasive and doesn't require the icky preparation most other methods do.
FDA puts clinical hold on Advaxis cancer drug Advaxis Inc said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has put on hold the clinical trials of its experimental cancer drug after a patient died.
Dr. Nadya: With orphan cancers, choices are few There are not always clear answers in cancer. One tragic example of this is embodied in the story of Elizabeth Joice, a sarcoma patient I knew both personally and professionally, who recently passed away shortly after the birth of her first child.
Utah mom of special-needs triplets facing breast cancer battle A Utah community is coming together to help raise funds for a local mother of 3-year-old special need triplets as she braces for an uphill battle against aggressive breast cancer.
Link seen between sitting and certain cancers In a new review of past research, people who spent lots of time watching TV or otherwise sitting were more likely to be diagnosed with colon or endometrial cancer than those who were less sedentary.
High-fat diets linked to some types of breast cancer Women who eat a lot of fat, particularly saturated fat, may be at higher risk of certain types of breast cancer, new research suggests.
Fukushima-related child cancers unlikely to rise: IAEA An increase in thyroid cancer among children is unlikely after the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant four years ago, but it remains unclear exactly how much radiation children in the vicinity of the plant were exposed to, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said in a report released on Monday.
Simple breath test may help diagnose lung cancer, study finds An easy breath test may be able to indicate if a person has early-stage lung cancer.
By 2050, cancer will hardly kill anyone under 80, researchers say Today, cancers are "becoming either preventable or effectively curable," a researcher notes—and that means that by 2050, hardly anyone under 80 will die of such diseases, a study says.
