People worried about the effects of workplace stress on their health can probably relax on one count: research appearing today in BMJ suggests that work-related stress is unlikely to be an important risk factor for cancer. About 90% of cancers… Read More ›
Many people are aware that when an individual develops cancer, especially an early-onset cancer, that event often signals that family members may have a hereditary risk for the malignancy. Now, new research underscores that the appearance of cancer later in… Read More ›
Cancer rates worldwide are expected to increase by 75% by 2030, according to the first analysis to examine global cancer patterns according to individual countries’ development levels. In some of the world’s poorest countries, the analysis indicates that cancer rates… Read More ›
Does daily aspirin reduce the risk of developing or dying of certain cancers? Although some new studies add to the evidence base that aspirin may have such benefits, some caution that more data are needed to weigh risks of treatment… Read More ›
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today it warned 19 medical practices that they may have purchased and used counterfeit versions of bevacizumab, a cancer therapy known more widely by its trade name, Avastin. Sixteen of the medical… Read More ›
San Francisco—Differences in how various groups of patients with colorectal cancer interact with the health care system may help explain why survival rates for this cancer are lower among blacks than whites, according to research presented at the annual meeting… Read More ›
A family history that identifies members who have developed cancer is not a static entity but should be frequently updated, say researchers in an article appearing today in JAMA. Such updating can better identify individuals who might benefit from earlier… Read More ›
Cancer deaths in the United States have decreased steadily during the past 2 decades, but the news is not all good. Among the least educated individuals, cancer death rates are more than twice as high as among the most educated,… Read More ›
