Lung tumors are top cancer killer
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer cases and cancer deaths around the world, claiming 1.3 million lives each year.
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NEW YORK  - The findings of a new study confirm that lung cancer among nonsmokers is more common in women than in men.
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NEW YORK  - An analysis of data from a Danish study shows that inflammation factors are stronger predictors of lung cancer mortality in individuals with blood type O than those with other blood types.
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UK scientists uncover a vital clue to stopping cancers spreading around the body, according to research.
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Obesity is on its way to being deadlier than smoking as a cause of cancer, a leading researcher said Friday. Being obese is currently associated with about 14 percent of cancer deaths in men and 20 percent in women, compared with about 30 percent each for smoking, Dr. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health, told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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It may be possible to save more lives by reversing drug resistance in lung cancer patients, say scientists.
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Breast cancer is the second-most common cancer among women, after skin cancer. It also is the second-most deadly, following lung cancer.
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A drug that helps the immune system attack lung cancer cells may improve survival time.
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Cancer is killing millions in Europe - and more must be done to prevent its most common forms, experts warn.
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The commonly used cancer drug Avastin helped slow tumor growth in patients with advanced forms of lung cancer, the leading cancer killer worldwide, a study presented on Saturday found.
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Lung cancer appears to run in families,  researchers said on Tuesday, though exposure to tobacco smoke  is still the dominant cause of the disease even for those who  may be genetically predisposed.
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Therapies that target the basic mechanisms of cancer have become the weapons of choice in the fight against the deadly disease, researchers said at a major doctors&#39; conference in the United States.
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For the first time, cancer has surpassed heart disease as the top killer of Americans younger than 85, health officials said.
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The findings of a new study  confirm that lung cancer among nonsmokers is more common in  women than in men.
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About 7.6 million people will die  this year worldwide from various types of cancer, with lung  cancer -- heavily driven by smoking -- killing 975,000 men and  376,000 women, the American Cancer Society said on Monday.
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and the second-leading cause of cancer death, following lung cancer.
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According to the American Cancer Society, smoking will cause about 30 percent of the 563,700 cancer deaths this year. The American Cancer Society also reports that