Cancer Articles

Detroit News - NEW YORK -- A relatively new screening test was about twice as accurate as the traditional Pap smear at spotting cervical cancer, according to the first rigorous study of the test in North America. The new test could replace the 50-year-old Pap in a ...

News.com.au - A REVOLUTIONARY way of treating secondary liver cancer has been developed in Australia and doctors believe it could prolong the life of sufferers. In the largest study of its kind, doctors from 12 Australian hospitals now will investigate internal ...

Boston Globe - An international team led by a Boston researcher yesterday unveiled the most detailed look ever at the genetic ravages inside a lung tumor, finding at least one target for drug research and laying the foundation for an ambitious - and controversial ...

BBC News - Earlier this year, a major scandal erupted in France when it was discovered that between 1989 and 2006, two radiotherapy units had accidentally given hundreds of cancer patients too high a dose of radiation. Five patients have since died and many ...

Chicago Tribune - Researchers have known for nearly 20 years that drinking alcoholic beverages can cause cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus and liver. But those diseases don't get much publicity. This year, the International Agency for Research on Cancer added ...

Times of India - NEW YORK: Better load up on the breath mints - a new study has found that eating lots of onions and garlic may help prevent cancers. International researchers have carried out a study and found that people whose diets are rich in onions, garlic, and ...

Forbes - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c71974) has announced the addition of The Cancer Clock to their offering. Cancer is the second biggest killer in the world, and almost every family has had either direct or indirect ...

Sutton Guardian - He has the steadiest of hands, is immune from human error and never drinks while on call. Say hello to da Vinci S, a pioneering surgeon proving to be a cut above the rest at the Royal Marsden Hospital. The £2million robotic device, with tweezer-like ...

Nine-year-olds offered cervical cancer vaccine

MSNBC - The first oncologist said Kotb needed chemotherapy. The second said chemo was unnecessary to treat her type of cancer; instead she could take a pill every day for the next five years. A third said she couldn’t go wrong with either treatment plan ...