She’s 21, has thyroid cancer, and wants people in her prefecture in northeastern Japan to get screened for it. That statement might not seem provocative, but her prefecture is Fukushima, and of the 173 young people with confirmed or suspected cases since the 2011 nuclear meltdowns there, she is the first to speak out.
Out of 199 women asked to eat lots of fruit, vegetables, fish and olive oil in Italian trial, none suffered recurrence in three years
The preliminary study, released Friday, found that radiation from cellphones appears to have increased the risks that male rats developed tumors in their brains and hearts.
The global financial crisis may have caused an additional 500,000 cancer deaths from 2008-2010, a new study said Thursday (May 26), with patients locked out of treatment because of unemployment and healthcare cuts.
Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district has the highest relative proportion of tobacco-related cancers (TRCs) for both men and women in the country, the latest National Cancer Registry Programme ( NCRP ) data shows.
Kang Sok Ju, a senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has died of cancer at the age of 76, the official KCNA news agency reported Saturday.
Women might be able to reduce the risk of breast cancer by eating more blueberries, according to a New Zealand research out Tuesday.
Genetically modified goat milk has been used to create a new biotechnology process that promises cheaper anti-cancer drugs, New Zealand scientists said Wednesday.
Australian researchers have established a link between high levels of stress and the spread of cancer, in a study that could affect the way doctors treat the disease.
The next case of cancer, in another victim, must start anew.
Dozens of Australian cancer patients have reportedly received less than the recommended dosage of a chemotherapy drug over a three year period in one of the nation's most prestigious hospitals.
A promising new Australian cancer drug has been licensed to a U.S pharmaceutical company in the hope that it might contribute to a reduction in the cancer mortality rate.
China faces "huge challenges" from cancer amid a marked increase in new cases and deaths of the disease in recent years, a new report has found.
Australian and British researchers said Monday they have identified a second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils, iconic marsupial carnivores that are only found in the wild on the Australian island state of Tasmania.
Health officials seeking to curb the country's fast increasing cancer rate are implementing a three-year nationwide plan that expands cancer screening, registration and prevention while reducing smoking.
Australian researchers have stumbled on a breakthrough treatment for a prevalent form of cancer, which they believe could be the biggest discovery in 30 years.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Thursday that his cancer had already spread to his brain.
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