Phase 1 cancer trials now are less risky
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The risk of treatment-related or toxic death for US cancer patients enrolled in phase 1 clinical drug trials has decreased during the past 12 years.
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A conditional and limited approval of its cancer drug points to good news in a year of disappointments.
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Breast cancer studies funded by drug companies are more likely to yield positive findings than those without pharmaceutical industry backing, according to research published on Monday.
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Men with prostate cancer that does not appear to have spread have better survival chances when they get short-term hormone treatment along with standard radiation.
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Older men with early-stage prostate cancer are not taking a big risk if they keep an eye on the disease instead of treating it right away, suggests the largest study to look at this issue since PSA tests became popular
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Patients volunteering for early trials of experimental cancer drugs may be far safer today than their counterparts were a decade ago.
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Researchers say they have found a way to reverse resistance to one of the most effective anti-cancer drugs.
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The results of the five-year trial involving 9,300 women, the largest ever on breast cancer, show that women taking the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole (brand name Arimidex) were less likely to have their cancer spread.
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German drug maker Bayer AG said Tuesday that early-stage trials of an experimental cancer treatment showed no significant safety concerns when used in combination with other drugs.
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Women whose breast cancer is detected  by mammography have a lower risk of the cancer recurring after  treatment compared to those who discover a tumor by other  means, a Finnish study said on Tuesday.
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Scientists say they have found a safer way of controlling genes to treat disease.
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Researchers from Sydney University, Australia, have found that your risk of developing non-Hodgkin&#39;s lymphoma (NHL) is reduced after high exposure to sunlight.
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A genetic test for patients with early breast cancer can identify that only some of them will be helped by chemotherapy, but for those women the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks, researchers said on Friday.
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Pre-clinical trial results are mixed, but mark a major step forward for developing human treatments.
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Women whose breast cancer is detected by mammography have a lower risk of the cancer recurring after treatment compared to those who discover a tumor by other means, a Finnish study said on Tuesday.
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Genentech said a low dose of its cancer drug worked just as well as a more expensive high dose in a clinical trial.
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This lung cancer drug is not as effective as once hoped.