Pre-cancer lesions 'remain risk'
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Women who have been treated for early signs of cervical cancer, have a high risk of the disease decades later, say Swedish researchers.
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Women with breast cancer detected during a mammogram have a lower risk that the tumors will recur than women diagnosed without the screening test, according to a study in the Sept.
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WASHINGTON - People who pay for whole-body CT scans, in the hope of finding tumours at their earliest stages, may ironically be raising their overall risk of cancer, according to a new study.
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Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but expanding waistlines increase the risk for at least nine types of cancer, too. And with the obesity epidemic showing no signs of waning, specialists say they need to better understand how fat cells fuels cancer growth so they might fight back...
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Women treated for pre-cancerous lesions are at increased risk of developing cervical or vaginal cancer for at least another 25 years, according to a study suggesting that follow-up tests fall dangerously short.
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Contrary to previous belief, sunlight reduces the risk of developing tumours in the lymphatic glands, according to a Swedish study.
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NEW YORK  - Rates of malignant melanoma and   skin cancer are increased before a diagnosis of Parkinson's   disease, new research suggests. This casts doubt on the notion   that levodopa therapy for Parkinson's disease may contribute to   the observed higher risk of malignant melanoma in such   patients.
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NEW YORK  - Depression appears to somewhat heighten the risk of breast cancer, but it has no significant association with lung, colon or prostate cancer, according to a review of the medical literature conducted by Dutch researchers.
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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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TUESDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- A woman's risk for breast cancer as she grows older appears strongly linked to the natural process of lobular regression, Mayo Clinic researchers have concluded.
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Women who have breast cancer detected by a mammogram run less risk of having cancer elsewhere in the body over the next 10 years than women whose tumors are discovered by other means, according to a new study.
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20 December 2004 - Many of the quarter of a million deaths a year from cervical cancer worldwide could be avoided if women got affordable early screening and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions, according to a new manual endorsed by the United Nations
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Sun exposure apparently has a protective effect against the development of the blood cancer, non-Hodgkin&#39;s lymphoma (NHL). A team led by Dr Anne Kricker, of the University of Sydney, has investigated the possibility
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Women with a genetic predisposition to breast cancer who are successfully treated for the disease may still be at high risk for ovarian cancer, says a University of Toronto study.
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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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Long-term use increases the risk of developing tumors, new research indicates.
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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.