Cancer - News
Little known biotechnology company Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc has quietly built a large pipeline of experimental cancer...
More than one quarter of people being treated for non-melanoma skin cancer in their doctor's office reported some type of...
Older men with other illnesses may not live long enough to benefit from aggressive prostate cancer treatments, such as prostate...
Men who get an older and less costly form of radiation after their cancerous prostates are removed fare just as well as men...
Britain launched a research program on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind...
The Illinois Senate on Friday voted to approve the use of marijuana for medical purposes, which if signed into law would...
After decades of using one-size-fits-all therapies to combat cancer, doctors are using new tools to help decide when their...
Music, art and dance therapy may relieve anxiety and similar symptoms among people with cancer, according to a new analysis...
Ovarian cancer rates in the U.S. began to decline faster in 2002 around the time many older women went off hormone replacement...
Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer may have stunned fans of the Oscar-winning...
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has had a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer and says she hopes...
Men who were exposed to Agent Orange chemicals used during the Vietnam War are at higher risk for life-threatening prostate...
The number of some cancers related to the human papillomavirus (HPV) increased throughout the U.S. before vaccines against...
Drugmakers Merck and GlaxoSmithKline have cut the price of cervical cancer shots in a deal that will deliver them to poor...
San Francisco city leaders, after losing a key round in court against the cell phone industry, have agreed to revoke an ordinance...
Stepping into the debate over who should be screened for lung cancer, a leading medical specialty group issued new guidelines...
People with advanced cancer tend to get more aggressive care at the end of life and spend more time in the intensive care...
Tanning beds and sunlamps will be required to carry stronger warning labels under new regulations proposed by the U.S. Food...
As Congress sifts through a growing number of requests for targeted relief from automatic spending cuts in coming weeks,...
Many more breast cancer patients had breast reconstruction following a 1998 federal law mandating insurance coverage for...
The U.S. Justice Department is suing Chemed Corp and its hospice subsidiaries, including the biggest U.S. for-profit hospice...
Urologists fell in line with other doctor groups on Friday in recommending careful consideration and discussion when it comes...
British scientists are stepping up clinical tests of gene therapy in a bid to help people with advanced heart failure pump...
More than two-thirds of people with non-melanoma skin cancer underwent surgery to treat the condition, according to a new...
While doctors and nurses can make mistakes with medications in hospitals, a new study says drug errors often happen at home...
Latin America's growing prosperity is fueling a cancer epidemic that threatens to overwhelm the region unless governments...
Despite dietary supplements being popular among prostate cancer patients, a new review of past research says they are not...
Terminally ill cancer patients who watched either of two videos about the option to forego resuscitation overwhelmingly elected...
The proportion of women undergoing screening for breast cancer every year did not change after a government-backed panel...
Among young women diagnosed with breast cancer, black and Hispanic patients were more likely to wait weeks for treatment,...
Copyright ©2013 Thomson Reuters.
Click For Restrictions