In a recent study, when dentists and other health-care workers visually examined patients for signs of oral cancer, they uncovered numerous otherwise hidden cases, reducing risk for death by 79% compared with an unscreened control group. Researchers estimate that regular screening of...
Advanced prostate cancer patients who received radiation within 16 weeks of surgery had a 50% lower risk of recurrence over 10 years...
Customized chemotherapy is just around the corner. A recent study shows that genomic tests, which analyze a cancer's molecular traits,...
Heat may kill some cancer cells directly and render others more responsive to radiation. Recent finding: Treating superficial (or "contained'...
Statins don't reduce cancer risk. Previous studies had suggested that the cholesterol-lowering drugs could reduce risk because of their anti-inflammatory...
In a lab study of human cells, curcumin (the I compound that makes curry yellow) was shown to interfere with the development...
Patients treated for melanoma have an 11% risk of recurrence within the first year. People who suffer a second occurrence have a...
Nicotine prevents the most common lung cancer drugs from working, laboratory tests show. This raises the possibility that nicotine gum and patches...
Some brain tumors can be eliminated without surgery. Doctors use imaging technology to reconstruct a tumor on a computer. Based on the...
Vitamin A has traditionally been known for its role in helping to prevent night blindness (a condition in which you cannot see...
People tend to think that cancer is caused only by unhealthful habits, such as smoking, or environmental factors, including exposure to asbestos...
Of 214 patsens who had their bladders removed within 93 days of being diagnosed with cancer that had invaded the bladder wall...