Cancer rates are generally declining in the US, but the incidence of adenocarcinoma, the most common type of esophageal cancer, has increased more rapidly since the 1970s than any other cancer. Until recently, cancer of the esophagus—the foot-long muscular tube that...
Hiccups are a surprising sign of cancer, according to a report from Europe. Recent finding: 27% of esophageal cancer patients had experienced...
Primary brain tumors—those that originate in the brain rather than metastasizing from other parts of the body—are among the most...
Melanoma is the deadliest type of skin cancer. The incidence of melanoma is L V I increasing so fast that it has...
Fever of unknown origin may signal cancer, according to research from Denmark. New finding: Patients hospitalized with fever of 101.5° F...
For the many Americans diagnosed with inoperable lung or liver cancer each year, two new techniques may offer hope for longer survival,...
The fecal occult blood test (FOBT) derects I blood in feces and often is used as a preliminary screening test for colon...
A new cancer treatment is much more effective than radiation. Proton-beam therapy is best for tumors that can't be controlled...
A new kind of radiation technology called shaped beam surgery allows doctors to destroy brain and spinal tumors that cannot be treated...
The cancer care you receive often varies depending on where you live. Example: More than twice as many patients with stomach cancer...
There is a new test for bladder cancer. The BladderChek test screens urine for high levels of the protein NMP22, which is...
Just one week of radioactive-based therapy put 75% of people who had advanced follicular lymphoma into complete remission. BACKGROUND The radioactive-based therapy,...