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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...

This HIV drug can stop colon cancer growth

Scientists from Harvard found a drug widely used in HIV therapy has shown to stop disease progression in 25 percent of patients with fourth-line...

Cancer treatment and diagnosis backlogs during COVID-19 may affect cancer survival

Unlike the COVID-19 pandemic, the cancer pandemic has raged on for centuries, though it similarly afflicts people in all corners of the world. In 2020...

Big factors that are known to increase the risk of cancer

Cigarette Smoking and Tobacco Use Tobacco use is strongly linked to an increased risk for many kinds of cancer. Smoking cigarettes is the leading cause...

This blood test can detect persistent lung cancer

Scientists from the University of Cambridge found that patients who are at a higher risk of their lung cancer returning can be identified by...

AI can detect people with high risk of colon cancer

Scientists from Geisinger and Medial EarlySign found a machine-learning algorithm that detected potential signs of colon cancer in patients identified as high-risk and who...

Yogurt and high-fiber diet may lower lung cancer risk

Scientists from Vanderbilt University found that a diet high in fiber and yogurt is associated with a reduced risk of lung cancer. The research is...

5 questions about antioxidants and cancer

What are antioxidants? Antioxidants are natural or man-made substances found in foods and dietary supplements that protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals...