Cancer News

Patients prefer invasive colon scan

A new study has found that patients overwhelmingly preferred colonoscopy to the less invasive and less time-consuming CT-based colon scan.

Obese more likely to get cancer

Obese patients are more likely than other patients to have advanced, aggressive forms of papillary thyroid cancer when they're diagnosed with the disease, a new study has found.

Folic acid may cut childhood cancer

Folic acid fortification of foods may reduce the incidence of the most common type of kidney cancer and a type of brain tumours in children.

Robin Gibb dies of cancer

Robin Gibb, 62, died on Sunday "following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery," his family announced in a statement released by Gibb's representative.

Cancer drug may eradicate tumours

Adding the advanced prostate cancer drug Zytiga to hormone therapy before surgery has been shown for the first time to eradicate tumours in some men.

Heavy drinking an oral cancer risk

Heavy alcohol consumption is more damaging than cigarette smoking as far as the development of oral cancer is concerned, according to a Pretoria academic.

Birth defects tied to cancer

A new study suggests children born with a range of birth defects are at an increased risk of developing certain childhood cancers, especially during their first year of life.

Fish tied to lower cancer risk

People who eat plenty of fish may have a lower risk of colon and rectal cancers, a new report suggests.

1 in 6 cancers caused by infection

One in six cancers worldwide is caused by preventable or treatable infections, a new study finds. Infections cause about 2 million cancer cases a year, and 80% of those cases occur in less developed areas of the world.

Exercise boosts cancer survival

Being physically active might lengthen the lives of people with breast and colon cancer, a new study suggests.