Cancer risk from bad Southern California air eases Southern California's air is getting healthier, and with that the chances of getting cancer from inhaling toxins has fallen significantly.
Cancer death rates continue to decline over past 20 years The start of the New Year has brought some good news in regards to the fight against cancer: Death rates from the disease continue to drop.
UConn baseball team adopts 5-year-old battling leukemia The University of Connecticut baseball team welcomed its newest member: 5-year-old Grayson Hand of Sturbridge, Massachusetts.
Improving chemotherapy: Combo of 'popping' nanoballoons, lasers can effectively treat cancer There may be new a way of providing patients with a more focused form of chemotherapy – by using innovative “nanoballoons” and lasers.
The silent epidemic hiding in your lungs Singer-songwriter, Jewel, teams up with the American Lung Association to raise awareness on the number one cancer killer- lung cancer
New prostate cancer technology could lead to more targeted therapies After noticing an increasing PSA score, doctors typically would do a "blind" biopsy, in which doctors would blindly select areas of the prostate to test. Now in a way similar to using a GPS, doctors can utilize MRI ultra-sound fusion technology to target specific locations in the prostate to biopsy
More evidence breast cancer and prostate cancer cluster in families Women with close male relatives with prostate cancer are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, a new study confirms.
Biomarkers in urine may help detect kidney cancer early, study finds More than 80 percent of patients whose kidney cancer isn’t discovered until after it has spread will die within five years, and current tests for the disease are dependent on whether a patient has started showing symptoms.
One dose, then surgery: A new way to test brain tumor drugs Lori Simons took the bright orange pill at 3 a.m. Eight hours later, doctors sliced into her brain, looking for signs that the drug was working.
Breast cancer detection not better with computer aid, study finds Computer-assisted detection used in most U.S. mammograms adds no benefit to breast cancer screening while substantially increasing costs, a large study suggests.
