Action urged on cancer 'timebomb'
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European countries are urged to face up to the challenges of tackling a cancer "timebomb" among the elderly.
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Proteins found on the outside of cancer cells could be targeted by a drug &quot;guidance system&quot; which seeks out and destroys the disease, scientists have said.
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Europe-wide coordination is needed to tackle cancer more effectively, a group of leading experts say.
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Cancer care across England is poorly coordinated, funding varies widely from one area to another and doctors are not referring patients for treatment quickly enough, a parliamentary report said Wednesday.
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In an effort to find new ways to prevent breast cancer, two British cancer organizations called for the help of 100,000 volunteers to participate in a lifelong breast cancer study.
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A food extract could be used to improve the effects of an established cancer drug, research suggests.
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When Diana Menendez was diagnosed with Hodgkin&#39;s disease in 1968 at age 8, doctors weren&#39;t sure they could cure her. So they hit her cancer with everything they had: high-dose radiation and four years of chemotherapy.
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And the American Cancer Society is urging smokers to try butting out again -- at least for 24 hours -- on Nov. 18 during the 28th Great American Smokeout.
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As cancer patients increasingly embrace alternative therapies, oncologists are calling for well-designed clinical trials to determine if they are helpful or harmful.
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Breast cancer patients are not receiving the best follow-up care because guidelines are lacking, claim experts.
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Researchers have launched an appeal to find more than 100,000 women to take part in a decades-long study to pinpoint the causes of breast cancer.
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&quot;I don&#39;t think there&#39;s anything that has made this much impact both in cancer prevention and women&#39;s health in past 20 years.
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One of the genes that protects us from cancer may also help delay ageing, according to a new study published on Wednesday.
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The latest scientific news is about fighting aging, heart disease, and cancer.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S first national action plan on breast cancer research was launched in Sydney today, advocating changes to research on the disease.
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When a person is told he has an aggressive form of cancer, he might seek a second opinion if the doctor responds by telling him to drink plenty of fluids, take two aspirin, get a good night sleep and call the office in the morning.
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Researchers today launched an appeal to find more than 100,000 women to take part in a decades-long study to pinpoint the causes of breast cancer.