Relatives of cancer patients more at risk
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Scientists in Iceland find relatives of patients are at a significantly higher risk of developing cancer than are members of the general population.
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Dec. 27, 2004 - If your cousin has cancer, you may also be at risk for the disease. That&#39;s according to a new study that suggests the family-associated increased risk of some cancers may extend well beyond the immediate family.
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Children whose parents have cancer often suffer post-traumatic stress symptoms that adults underestimate, Dutch researchers said on Wednesday.
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Even distant relatives of cancer victims have a higher than average chance of suffering the disease themselves, researchers said. A study based in Iceland, where scientists have access to unique family tree
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It's known that African Americans have an elevated risk of pancreatic cancer, but new study findings show they may also be less likely to receive surgery for the disease.
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When a person is first  diagnosed with cancer and undergoes treatment, their work may  suffer; but in the long run, most people who survive cancer  work a similar number of hours as anyone else, new study  findings show.
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Tools used to predict whether a woman's breast cancer is inherited do not account for smaller families and may leave some women in the dark about their risk for future cancers, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Adults with mental disorders have higher odds of being diagnosed with brain tumors and lung cancer and develop these cancers at younger ages than individuals without mental illness, according to a study published in the current issue of Psychosomatic
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THURSDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The close relatives of people with Parkinson's disease are at increased risk for depression and anxiety disorders, new research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - A woman's likelihood of surviving breast cancer is related to the survival rates among her first degree relatives with breast cancer, according to a new report.
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NEW YORK  - For African-American men, the chances of developing prostate cancer are increased if a sister has breast cancer, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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It&#39;s now well known that people who carry mutations in the BRCA 1 and 2 genes are prone to ovarian and breast cancer, but new findings show that these genes also increase risk of certain other cancers as well.
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Over half of those concerned about a strong family history of cancer are right to be, a study suggests.
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A new study finds that cancer casts a long shadow on the lives of survivors, harming their ability to work and perform daily chores more than a decade after diagnosis.
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Researchers singled out the deaths of more than 300,000 cancer patients, because deaths from cancer are usually more predictable and less sudden than those from heart attacks, strokes or other ailments.
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Suffering from some kinds of allergy as a child could increase the risk of developing blood cancer in later life, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Cancer greatly increases the  risk that the patients will develop a blood clot in a vein  (venous thrombosis), especially in recently diagnosed patients,  patients with cancer that has spread to distant sites  (metastases), and those with certain genetic mutations,  according to Dutch researchers. While anticoagulant therapy  might be beneficial, they say, the associated increased risk of  bleeding has to be considered.