Cervical Cancer Most Common in Kingdom

JEDDAH — Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in the Kingdom, a leading oncologist has told Al-Watan.

New breast cancer vaccine proves safe in early clinical trial

Results of an early clinical trial suggest that a breast cancer vaccine developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is safe in patients with metastatic breast cancer.

Blood test could pick up risk of cancer five years in advance, say Harvard scientists

Harvard University has found that mutations in blood indicate that a person is at higher risk of developing cancer

A blood test could determine a person's risk of developing blood cancer five years before any signs of the disease emerge, scientists at Harvard University have discovered.

Bladder Cancer: 'Exciting' Drug Breakthrough

A drug which makes a wide range of cancers more vulnerable to the body's immune system is "exciting" and may mark a new era, say doctors.

It strips cancer cells of the "camouflage" they use to evade attack by the immune system.

Fat to blame for a half a million cancers a year, WHO agency says

Some half a million cases of cancer a year are due to people being overweight or obese, and the problem is particularly acute in North America, the World Health Organization's cancer research agency said on Wednesday.

Hookahs Deliver Toxic Benzene in Every Puff: Study

Even nonsmoking bystanders had raised blood levels of the chemical, which is tied to leukemia risk

Many young people consider hookahs a hip and safer way to smoke, but a new study finds fumes from the water pipes contain the toxin benzene.

Two Reasons More Men Die from Skin Cancer

About twice as many men as women will die from melanoma this year. Before the age of 49, more women than men are diagnosed with melanoma, however, after age 50, this reverses and significantly more men develop melanoma. The Skin Cancer Foundation estimates that 6,470 men and 3,240 women will die from melanoma in 2014.

States' HPV Vaccination and Cervical Cancer Rates

Vaccination could prevent most cervical cancers, researcher notes

Lung Cancer Screening Can Be Cost Effective: Study

Benefit seen in long-term smokers when testing is done by skilled experts

Lung cancer screening with CT scans can be cost-effective while saving lives, a new study suggests.

But, there are two caveats to that finding -- the procedure has to be performed by skilled professionals and the screening must be done on a very specific set of long-time smokers, the researchers noted.

Google is developing cancer and heart attack detector

Google is aiming to diagnose cancers, impending heart attacks or strokes and other diseases, at a much earlier stage than is currently possible.

The company is working on technology that combines disease-detecting nanoparticles, which would enter a patient's bloodstream via a swallowed pill, with a wrist-worn sensor.