Why a high-fat diet is linked to cancer development
It has long been hypothesized that dietary habits can precede and even exacerbate the development of cancer.
Scientists from Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and...
How to lower your cancer risk
Most people know someone who’s had cancer: a family member, a friend, a loved one. Who gets it can sometimes seem random.
But there are...
Scientists find a new drug to stop brain tumor growth
Scientists from Northwestern Medicine found a drug that inhibits the growth of the most aggressive meningiomas and how to most accurately identify which meningiomas...
Scientists find a new way to treat deadly brain tumors
Scientists from the University of Surrey found that there could be a new approach to treating one of the most common and devasting forms...
Screening before age 50 can strongly cut colon cancer risk
Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital found that screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) in women before the age of 50 can strongly reduce the risk...
Better check your bowels: Screening for colon and rectal cancer
Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death nationwide. But it can usually be cured when caught early.
Screening tests like colonoscopy can save...
Dairy food linked to higher risk of cancer
Scientists from the University of Oxford and elsewhere found dairy products are linked to increased cancer risk.
The research is published in BMC Medicine and...
Drug combo could effectively treat this colon cancer
Scientists from the Case Western Reserve University found that combining two cancer drugs can be effective in treating a specific type of colorectal cancer.
The...
How to get ahead of head and neck cancer
Many symptoms of head and neck cancer are hard to miss—a lump in the neck, persistent hoarseness, a mouth sore that doesn't heal—which is...
Fasting-mimicking diet plus vitamin C may help fight hard-to-treat cancers
Scientists from the USC Longevity Institute and elsewhere found that vitamin C combined with a fasting-mimicking diet may help fight against some hard-to-treat cancers.
They...