COVID-19 pandemic linked to more cancer deaths in US
In a study from the American Cancer Society, scientists found that the COVID-19 pandemic increased the number of cancer-related deaths by 3.2% in the...
Drug combo could help people with lung cancer live longer
In a study from Cedars-Sinai, scientists found that people with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer lived much longer when treated with a combination of ramucirumab...
New cancer vaccines eliminate tumors and prevent cancer recurrence
Researchers around the world have been working for years on developing vaccines against different types of cancer but without much success.
In a study from...
People should do colon cancer screening every 10 years from age 45 or 40
Scientists from Stanford University found that starting colonoscopy every 10 years (Colo10) at age 45 years or an annual fecal immunochemical test (FIT) at...
This study discovers causes of most types of cancer
In a recent study from Yale University, scientists found factors causing changes in the DNA that contribute most to cancer growth in tumors of...
Cancer diagnosis linked to lower risk of dementia
Scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham found cancer diagnosis linked to a lower risk of dementia.
With increased age comes the increased risk...
Diet low in or without meat may help lower cancer risk
Scientists from the University of Oxford found that eating meat five times or less per week is associated with lower overall cancer risk.
They examined...
Drinking diet soda linked to lower death risk in colon cancer
Scientists from Yale University found a link between drinking artificially sweetened beverages and a much lower risk of colon cancer recurrence and cancer death.
They...
New gel could help treat deadly brain cancer
In a study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, scientists developed a new injectable gel to help treat the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma.
Like the hardiest...
Why men have higher risks of most types of cancer than women
Rates of most types of cancer are higher in men than in women for reasons that are unclear.
Scientists from the National Institutes of Health...