Low-Dose Aspirin and Lower Risk of Some Cancers

The effect was seen most strongly with colon, gastrointestinal tumors, researchers report

Ovarian Cancer Is More Than One Disease: Report

Better understanding needed to improve prevention, detection, treatment, U.S. panel notes

Ovarian cancer isn't a single disease, but rather a number of different malignancies involving the ovaries, an expert U.S. panel says.

4 Types of Pancreatic Cancer Identified: Study

Scientists say there are four kinds of  pancreatic cancer, a finding that could lead to new treatment opportunities.

An estimated 53,000 people will be diagnosed with the disease in the U.S. in 2016, according to the American Cancer Society. Of those, an estimated 41,700 will die.

Major insight into killer pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is at least four separate diseases each with a different cause and needing a different treatment, scientists have discovered.

What to Know About Cervical Cancer at Every Age

Cervical cancer is caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). HPV is sexually transmitted and usually, there are no symptoms. Most people who have sex get the HPV virus at some time, however, it normally disappears on its own and doesn’t cause any problems. Although it doesn’t happen very often, those who have HPV over a long period of time can develop other problems, like cervical cancer.

Excitement at New Cancer Treatment

A therapy that retrains the body's immune system to fight cancer has provoked excitement after more than 90% of terminally ill patients reportedly went into remission.

Study finds nutrient may offer women protection against breast cancer

For girls and young women, getting a lot of fiber could pay off decades later with lowered risk of developing breast cancer, according to a large U.S. study.

Proton beam cancer therapy 'effective with fewer side effects'

A cancer treatment at the centre of an NHS controversy in 2014 causes fewer side effects in children than conventional radiotherapy, according to new research.

Lung Cancer: How to Get the Best Care

Lung cancer is scary and dangerous, and requires you to make lots of rapid decisions for which you feel ill-prepared. Here’s some advice that will help you move forward as you seek and find the very best medical care possible.   You’ve been diagnosed with lung cancer. Your doctor says you should start treatment ASAP. But the decisions you make now, up front, could very well impact whether or not you survive. It pays to investigate all of your options – both for a hospital or cancer center, and doctors (chiefly, surgeon and oncologist). 

Smoking Lowers Breast Cancer Survival

Smoking after diagnosis tied to 72 percent higher risk of death from the disease versus never smoking

Women diagnosed with breast cancer who continue to smoke cigarettes are less likely to survive than those who never smoked or those who quit, new research finds.