Cancer

Men with coronary artery disease-induced congestive heart failure or heart attack who receive hormone therapy before or along with radiation therapy for treatment of prostate cancer have an associated increased risk of death, according to a new study.

Men who are more active and exercise harder are less likely to develop cancer and die, new research has shown.

People who are more active and exercise harder are less likely to develop cancer and die, according to new research.

Long-term survivors of cancer that developed in adulthood are at increased risk of experiencing serious psychological distress, according to a new American report.

Cervical screening for women aged 20 to 24 years has little or no impact on rates of invasive cervical cancer up to age 30, a new study has found.

Computed tomographic (CT) colonography may offer patients at increased risk of colorectal cancer an alternative to colonoscopy that is less invasive, is better-tolerated and has good diagnostic accuracy, according to a new study led by Italian doctors.

White British women are more likely to have had a cervical screening and there is more chance that women who own a car and/or home have had a mammogram, according to new research.

Topical application of the chemotherapy medication fluorouracil appears to reduce potentially precancerous skin patches and improve the appearance of sun-damaged skin, according to a new study.

The cost of smoking to the Irish health services for respiratory illnesses and other smoking-related conditions could be much higher than previously believed.

The addition of bevacizumab to cancer therapy significantly increases the risk of gastrointestinal perforation, according to a new study.