CANCER

Scientists say that allergy sufferers are less likely to contract cancer than anyone else.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer survivors might want to try yoga to sleep better and have more energy, according to a new study that will be presented at a meeting in early June.

(Reuters) - The United States does not produce or import anywhere near enough fruits and vegetables to provide Americans the right kind of diet to prevent cancer, government researchers said on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - A drug approved to treat a range of conditions may also work to prevent lung cancer in people who have given up smoking, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - Male sex hormones may explain why men who suffer from the hepatitis B liver disease are more likely to develop liver cancer than women, researchers in Taiwan have found.

(Reuters) - Former National Institutes of Health director Dr. Harold Varmus was nominated by President Barack Obama on Monday to return to his former agency, this time as head of the National Cancer Institute.

Astellas Pharma , Japan's No.2 drugmaker, agreed to buy U.S. biotech OSI Pharmaceuticals for $4 billion in cash in a sweetened bid that will add OSI's blockbuster cancer drug Tarceva to its line-up.

In a significant research supported by the World Health Organization, evidence found excessive mobile phone users may be exposed to increased brain cancer risk, but the findings were not conclusive.

The world's biggest study of the health effects of mobile phones found that the top 10 per cent of the users are up to 40 per cent more likely to develop glioma, a common type of brain cancer.

A pattern of genes - that may predict 20 per cent of children with leukaemia who would require the most invasive cancer treatments - has been discovered by Australian scientists.

The increase in the number of commercial breast imaging services, along with marketing tactics to promote them as non-invasive, safe and comfortable have raised concerns of the West Australian Cancer Council.

(Reuters) - A cancer report that concludes Americans are under constant assault from carcinogenic agents has heartened activists, who hope that finally government and policymakers will pay attention to their concerns.

A study has found that women with fats around their waistline and a high body mass index (BMI) have an increase risk of pancreatic cancer.

(Reuters) - British scientists have found five common genetic factors linked to the risk of developing breast cancer, giving researchers a better understanding of its causes and clues for developing more treatments.

Chief executive officer of Cancer Council Australia has supported the findings of the US cancer report calls for the removal of carcinogens and pesticides from food and water, stating more needed to be done to fully understand the issue.

A compound derived from broccoli could help prevent or treat breast cancer by targeting cancer stem cells according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

(Reuters) - Americans are being bombarded with chemicals, gases and radiation that can cause cancer, and the federal government must do far more to protect them, presidential cancer advisers said on Thursday.

Bakers Delight stores help raise $1 million to help women who have breast cancer.

According to the Australian Medical Association of Queensland (AMAQ), the health department of the state is not telling the truth regarding waiting time duration for cancer treatments.

(Reuters) - Mammograms detect few cancers in women under the age of 40 but cause expense and anxiety because women frequently get false positives that require follow-up to rule out cancer, researchers reported on Monday.

Canberra - Tomorrow ACT government will announce an extra $15 million budget for elective surgery and cancer services.