CANCER

A program design to support women during cancer treatment is being offered for the first time at Yarra Ranges Health in Lilydale.

This coming May you can help in the fight against cancer by simply making your own cuppa and take part in Cancer Council's popular annual fundraiser, Australia's Biggest Morning Tea.

In a study in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, researchers found out that women during her mid 30's exposed to petrol products and synthetic fibers could treble the risk of developing breast cancer after menopause.

(Reuters) - Exposure to certain chemicals and pollutants before a woman reaches her mid-30s could treble her risk of developing breast cancer after the menopause, Canadian scientists said on Thursday.

Patients with slow-growing patients who chose active surveillance tends to be less anxious and distressed about the disease.

A study of more than 5,000 West Australian men, found that they are being diagnosed with prostate cancer too late, with many high-grade tumours and sometimes due to delayed referral for biopsies by their GPs.

Kylie Minogue, a breast cancer survivor, posed for a breast cancer campaign

Residents of Latrobe Valley may be able to benefit from a potential treatment drug for the lethal, asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma.

British cancer specialist Antisoma suffered a body blow on Monday as a lung cancer drug being developed with Novartis failed in a late-stage trial, sending its shares plunging 70 percent.

According to research presented at the European Breast Cancer conference held in Barcelona, Spain from March 24 to 27, women who become pregnant after surviving breast cancer may actually improve their survival odds, but women with a postpartum diagnosis of breast cancer have increased mortality in comparison to other women diagnosed with the disease.

Cancer victims who have a breast removed do not necessarily live longer, a new study concluded. Researchers said some patients with breast cancer appear to live just as long whether they choose treatment preserving their breast or have mastectomy.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman may not be able to change her family history of breast cancer, but she can typically control what she eats and drinks. And consuming more vegetables and whole grains -- and less alcohol -- just might trim her chances of getting the disease, according to an analysis of published studies.

In a meta-analysis of 14 trials, presented today (Friday) at the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference, researchers from Belgium and Italy found that, not only was pregnancy safe for breast cancer survivors, but, in fact, it could improve their chances of survival.

Only one in five Australians diagnosed with cancer receive chemotherapy even thought half of all cancer sufferers are likely to benefit from it.

(Reuters) - Scientists have found a new and simple way to identify breast cancer patients who are likely to respond well to treatment with a common class of chemotherapy drugs, and predict who is unlikely to see any benefit.

(Reuters) - Nordic scientists said on Wednesday they had found no evidence that screening women for breast cancer has any effect on death rates, adding to an already fierce international debate about routine testing.

The agave plant that gave the world tequila contains fructans which may help protect against osteoporosis by boosting the body's absorption of calcium and could have other health benefits, as reported by scientists at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

According the first study into Australia's medical oncology workforce, cancer patients are going without treatment or receiving suboptimal treatments because of shortage of medical oncologists that is likely to get worse.

Infertility among men has increased the aggressiveness of the development of prostate cancer.

The number one killer of women in Australia is not the most fatal cancer, though lung cancer gets the dubious honour. According to Dr Jane Smith, associate professor and representative of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, heart disease, which is the number one health risk, is something most of us can avoid with simple lifestyle changes.

Abraxane, the leading breast cancer drug has been found to be effective in fighting non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), based on an international study.