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The most common group of chemical preservatives that are in cosmetics and deodorants has been found in human breast cancer tissue. Although the discovery links breast tumors and this group of chemicals, called parabens, it is not clear what the relationship is...
In a study of 1,520 people, those who ate the most chicken (an average of four servings daily) had a 21%...
Sigmoidoscopies miss advanced precancerous colon growths in almost two-thirds of women—a failure rate twice as high as that in men. Sigmoidoscopies...
Researchers who evaluated cooking methods found that steaming boosted broccoli's levels of glucosinolates, which are believed to reduce cancer risk,...
New lung cancer test may lead to unnecessary invasive procedures. The spiral, or helical, CT scan can detect tumors that are small...
Radiation therapy for breast cancer no longer damages women's hearts. In the past, women with breast cancer on the left...
In a recent study, when dentists and other health-care workers visually examined patients for signs of oral cancer, they uncovered numerous otherwise...
Advanced prostate cancer patients who received radiation within 16 weeks of surgery had a 50% lower risk of recurrence over 10 years...
Customized chemotherapy is just around the corner. A recent study shows that genomic tests, which analyze a cancer's molecular traits,...
Heat may kill some cancer cells directly and render others more responsive to radiation. Recent finding: Treating superficial (or "contained'...
Statins don't reduce cancer risk. Previous studies had suggested that the cholesterol-lowering drugs could reduce risk because of their anti-inflammatory...
In a lab study of human cells, curcumin (the I compound that makes curry yellow) was shown to interfere with the development...