As one of the country's most lethal diseases, pancreatic cancer claims five Australian lives every day, but still remains off the health billboard.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Addicted to smoking and unable to quit? Your genes may be partly to blame, according to a trio of studies published Sunday in Nature Genetics that link several gene variants to a range of smoking habits, as well as increased risk for lung cancer.
New surgical technique for bowel cancer patients involves less pain and reduces time spent in hospitals.
(Reuters) - Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called on health insurer WellPoint to stop dropping coverage for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer, calling the practice deplorable.
Beetroots are an excellent source of folic acid. They are a very good source of fiber, manganese and potassium. Beet greens are a very good source of calcium, iron, vitamin A and C. Both beet greens and beetroots are a good source of phosphorus, magnesium, iron and vitamin B6.
One after another, shortly after a diagnosis of breast cancer, each of the women learned that her health insurance had been canceled. First there was Yenny Hsu, who lived and worked in Los Angeles. Later, Robin Beaton, a registered nurse from Texas. And then, most recently, there was Patricia Relling, a successful art gallery owner and interior designer from Louisville, Kentucky.
Based on an investigation by NSW Health, pollution has been ruled out as the cause of a cluster of brain tumours reported in a Hunter Valley mining town
According to new Australian study, women who eat a lot of processed meats like salami and hot dogs are at a higher risk of ovarian cancer.
New study results of recent colon cancer research called 'A multilevel study of the determinants of area-level inequalities in colorectal cancer survival,' published in BMC Cancer may provide new insights on colon cancer therapy.
Olaparib, an experimental drug from AstraZeneca found to have shrank or stabilized tumors in around half of ovarian cancer patients with an inherited gene mutation in early-stage clinical tests.
According to an expert, the jury is still out on whether multi-vitamins have any positive or negative effects on a person's risk for developing cancer.
Edith Cowan University(ECU) researchers are working with health organisations across the nation to address the staggering statistic that men who live in very remote areas are likely to live 17 years less than their city-dwelling counterparts.
Women who take multi-vitamin pill daily are nearly 20 per cent more likely to develop breast cancer, revealed a major study.
Intake of multivitamins on a daily basis causes higher risk to the development of breast cancer.
The project, which is unrivalled in scale, went underway in 2008 and is working to catalogue the genetic profiles of cancer cells collected from 25,000 people - 500 per targeted cancers.
Patients suffering from rare tumours can now be linked up with clinical trials and research following the launch of a new web site in Melbourne.
Testicular cancer occurs when the cells in the testicles grow abnormally and develop into a tumour, commonly a seminoma in men aged 25 to 55 and a nonseminoma in men aged 15 to 30. Usually only one testis is affected, but it may spread through the lymph nodes to the abdomen, lungs, liver, bone or brain.
NSW Premier Kristina Keneally announced the results of the investigation into an apparent cancer cluster in the NSW Hunter Valley will be made available to the public.
Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have found that breast stem cells are extremely sensitive to the female hormones oestrogen and progesterone, a finding that opens the way for the development of new preventions and treatments for breast cancer.
Five residents around a single block in Singleton have brain tumours, rising fears that a cancer cluster has erupted in the heavily polluted Hunter Valley mining town.
Scientists in China have demonstrated how arsenic -- a favorite murder weapon in the Middle Ages -- destroys deadly blood cancer by targeting and killing specific proteins that keep the cancer alive.
An emotive TV advertisement targeting women who smoke will hit television screens in Victoria from Sunday.
