Lamps 'used for cancer surgery'
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Off-the-shelf lamps can be used as a cheap alternative to laser surgery, Israeli researchers claim.
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Scientists say they may be able to make cancer drugs target tumours by using ultra-violet light to activate them.
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Surgery for lung cancer can  have a substantial impact on long-term, health-related quality  of life, the results of a study published in the current issue  of the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggest.
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Sun exposure apparently has a protective effect against the development non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), a blood cancer, Australian researchers report.
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Many breast cancer patients 70 and older could safely forgo radiation therapy, which has been the standard treatment after lumpectomy, a study out today says.
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Tumor cells found in the blood of breast cancer patients up to 20 years after surgery suggest that the body may have ways of keeping a dormant cancer in check, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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LAMP is at the heart of Emergency Response Network Systems and is saving lives.
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A new treatment developed at Newcastle University uses light-sensitive antibodies that allow doctors to target tumours with precision, leaving healthy tissues untouched.
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Hypnosis can relieve suffering and improve the quality of life of cancer patients, researchers said on Thursday. Although it has been used to help people to give up smoking, lose weight and overcome phobias
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Researchers have developed a  checklist of measures they say could improve the quality of  care for people undergoing colon cancer surgery.
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Exposure to sunlight may reduce  the risk of advanced breast cancer in women with light skin  pigmentation, according to the results of a population-based  study appearing in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
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Fire crews work to minimise damage after blaze at Europe's largest cancer hospital
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Two new studies suggest that exposure to sunlight might not be as risky for cancer as is generally believed.
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A third of cancer patients are using complementary and alternative therapies, research suggests.
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A growing body of evidence linking increased night light to certain types of cancer has led researchers to suspect it could be connected to the steady increase in cases of childhood leukemia.
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Women in Britain with breast cancer will soon benefit from a pioneering surgical technique developed by Professor Robert Mansel and his team at Cardiff University, Wales College of Medicine in the UK.
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NEW YORK  - When breast cancer advances, it  can spread (that is, metastasize) to the liver. German  researchers now report that laser therapy, which can be  performed on an outpatient basis, suppresses these liver tumors  and is as effective as surgery for extending survival.