Cancer News

Summer beach weather is in full swing now that Memorial Day weekend has come and gone, which also means it's time to carry that bottle of sunscreen with you to protect against sunburn and skin cancer.

Vancouver-area doctors say they're concerned about the number of women diagnosed with breast cancer during pregnancy and suggest the connection warrants more research.

The California State Senate has passed Senator Joe Simitian's bill that requires women to be informed about the dangers of dense breast tissue.

When you travel and have to leave your dog behind, you can call a kennel, hire a pet... Melissa Wallace looks over photos of herself during treatment.

Cancer researchers have known for well over a century that different tumor types spread only to specific, preferred organs.

Arlington Heights, Ill. Biomaterials called "acellular dermal matrices" provide good outcomes, with low complication rates, when used for breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer, according to a study in the June issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery , the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons .

For years, doctors had little to offer people with advanced melanoma skin cancer - cases diagnosed after the cancer has spread.

A Dell Computer Corporation project manager and cancer survivor has created one of the more unique cancer patient transportation programs around, allowing for Austin-area cancer patients to arrive for treatment with class, style, and sometimes a whole lot of flash.

Nutrition and exercise are the keys to a long and healthy life, right? So just how important do you think nutrition and exercise are when you're faced with cancer? Cancer treatment, including surgery, radiation or chemotherapy, can modify your nutritional needs, change your appetite and harmfully affect the way you absorb, digest and use food for ... (more)

By Dr. David Lipschitz The news about cancer continues to be good. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that death rates decreased by 1.6 percent annually from 2004 to 2008 for lung, colorectal and prostate cancer.

Mary Anderson survived breast cancer while she was earning a master's degree in nursing leadership online from St.

A mother has given birth to twins just two years after she was told cancer treatment would leave her infertile .

For the second time in my life, I find myself in need of cancer care. Somehow it seems the universe conspires to put me in settings where I observe and can report on the on-going insanity of the dysfunctional U.S. healthcare system.

Scientists claim to have engineered a protein which allows the body's immune cells to get inside tumours and attack cancer cells.

Cancer treatment can sometimes lead to infertility, but young women are far less likely than young men to be informed of this, according to a Swedish study.

Several years ago, University of Alberta researchers made the discovery of a lifetime: a colourless, odourless and readily-available compound that may be the ultimate cure for cancer.

In this 2010 photo, Doug Sheriff stands by a section of a bird sanctuary built by a boy scout at the the Angel Field Family Center in Bushkill Township.

Dana Foss, left, and Paula Brozek review information about possible topics at upcoming meetings of the Heartland Cancer Center Support Group.

Junior Dos Santos flattened Frank Mir with a huge right hand and finished him on the ground at 3:04... Chaparral Cares representatives present a $10,550 donation to Desert Cancer Foundation Executive Director Louise Fasana ; Chaparral Cares co-chairmen Rolla Schadrach and Pauline Gunderloy; and Chaparral Cares treasurer Frank Gunderloy.

Vancouver, May 27: A team of Canadian scientists have discovered that thioridazine, a drug used to treat psychotic disorder, could successfully kill cancer stem cells in humans without the toxic side-effects on normal cells.