Stomach cancer is one of the few types of cancer for which scientists have strong evidence that diet is a primary cause, yet an estimated 22,000 Americans develop the illness each year and half of them die from it. Why does...
Research is shedding new light on sunscreens that might someday prevent or treat skin cancer by reversing dangerous genetic mutations caused by...
Over the course of a lifetime, one man in six eventually will be diagnosed with prostate cancer...one in 35 will die...
Men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the summer and fall have a better chance of survival than those diagnosed in the spring...
A diagnosis of prostate cancer once invariably carried with it a very real threat. It could mean urinary incontinence, impotence—and even...
A study from Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital has found that regular consumption of foods containing the flavonoid...
Older women who stick to a low-fat, high-fiber diet could cut their odds for deadly ovarian cancer, new research shows. In fact,...
Ultrasound exams are better than blood tests at identifying whether ovarian tumors are benign or malignant, a team of international researchers reports....
Cancers of the mouth are among the most curable malignancies—but only when they're detected early. However, the signs and...
Heavy smokers with knee arthritis may be experiencing an early sign of a difficult to-treat lung cancer, research shows. The Study Researchers...
The addition of the chemotherapy drug, docetaxel (Taxotere), to the standard two-drug regimen used for head and neck cancers improved the efficacy...
A highly targeted drug called cetuximab (Erbitux) is the first to extend the survival of patients with advanced colon cancer who have...