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A non-toxic, non-psychoactive compound in marijuana may block the progress of metastatic breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers in California. "This is a new way to treat a patient that is not toxic like chemotherapy or radiotherapy. It...
Hypnosis may ease the pain of surgery and speed recovery. According to a new study, women who received hypnosis before breast cancer...
Traditionally, women whose breast cancers have been treated with lumpectomies (surgical removal of the tumor, leaving the rest of the breast intact)...
Mammograms can be uncomfortable, causing some women to skip the potentially life-saving annual exam. But experts at Baylor Health Care System in...
Radiologists are human, too, and vary widely in their interpretations of diagnostic mammograms, a new study found. The variations were linked to...
A 3-D view of breast tissue may give women a more accurate method of detecting breast cancers, according to a trial of...
One in eight—that's how many American women discover that they have breast cancer. But this diagnosis is not a...
It's certainly not the final word on the subject, but researchers say that writing can help cancer patients better deal...
Doctors who perform colonoscopies for early detection of colorectal cancer get better results if they spend at least six minutes looking for...
Testing for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) is a more effective cervical cancer screening tool than Pap smear for women ages...
Marking a new era in cancer care, researchers say a genetic test can help predict which patients with early-stage lung cancer will...
Surgery for prostate cancer can be safe and worthwhile for older men above the traditional cutoff age of 70. That's...