Why most smokers don’t get lung cancer
Cigarette smoking is overwhelmingly the main cause of lung cancer, yet only a minority of smokers develop the disease.
Scientists from the Albert Einstein College...
Big risk factors of lung cancer
Lung cancer includes two main types: non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer.
Smoking causes most lung cancers, but nonsmokers can also develop...
Common factors that can increase your risk of colon cancer
Avoiding risk factors and increasing protective factors may help prevent cancer.
Avoiding cancer risk factors may help prevent certain cancers. Risk factors include smoking, being...
Spotlight on brain tumors: Do you know the symptoms?
A tumor in the brain isn’t like tumors in other parts of your body. It has limited room for growth because of the skull.
This...
Things that may increase and decrease your colon cancer risk
Colorectal cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the colon or the rectum.
Colorectal cancer is the third...
Daily aspirin may not benefit healthy older people
A recent study found that, for healthy older adults, taking a low-dose aspirin each day didn’t extend life or prevent a first heart attack...
Diet soda drinkers have lower colon cancer death risk
Scientists from Yale found an association between drinking artificially sweetened beverages and a much lower risk of colon cancer recurrence and cancer death.
They say...
Liver cancer prevention: What you need to know
Liver cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the liver.
The liver is one of the largest organs...
Exercise could reduce your bowel cancer risk
Scientists from Newcastle University found exercise could reduce bowel cancer risk in humans.
They found that physical activity causes the cancer-fighting protein, interleukin-6 (IL-6), to...
Can avoiding meat and eggs help fight cancer?
Scientists from Duke University found that certain nutrients and chemicals in food navigate the same molecular pathways that certain cancer therapies use to slow...