Cancer 'to become bigger burden'
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Rising rates of cancer diagnosis will increase the strain on European health care systems,  experts warn.
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Suffering from some kinds of allergy as a child could increase the risk of developing blood cancer in later life, a new study suggests.
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The decades-long rise in the rate of new breast cancer cases in American women appears to have leveled off, indicating that the nation may have reached a long-sought turning point in the battle against the feared malignancy.
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NEW YORK  - People with advanced cancer may suffer substantial emotional distress, but relatively few may be discussing it with their doctors, new research suggests.
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FURTHER research to discover whether fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear explosion has caused an increase in cancer in the north west has been demanded by the region&#39;s public health boss.
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Breast cancer is more likely to kill obese women than those of normal weight, research suggests.
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Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but expanding waistlines increase the risk for at least nine types of cancer, too. And with the obesity epidemic showing no signs of waning, specialists say they need to better understand how fat cells fuels cancer growth so they might fight back...
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Cancer is less common in adolescents and young adults than in older people. But in some ways it is more alarming.
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People facing the prospect of cancer treatment typically expect to suffer numerous side effects -- often more than is actually likely -- a study suggests.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDayNews) -- People who have survived cancer struggle with a lower quality of life, loss of productivity and more health limitations than those who never had the disease, researchers report.
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About 6,000 middle-aged or older UK women develop cancer each year because of excess weight, a study says.
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Rising skin cancer rates are more likely to affect wealthy people, Northern Ireland researchers find.
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Cancer is killing millions in Europe - and more must be done to prevent its most common forms, experts warn.
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A debate over a hypothesis that cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells could affect the path of research.
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Heart disease is Britain' biggest single  killer disease but more people are more worried about  developing Alzheimer's or cancer, according to a survey  released on Friday.
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Developing countries are facing a growing cancer epidemic and expected to see more than two thirds of new cases worldwide over the next 10 years, UN health officials warned on Monday.
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Scottish National Party MSP Margaret Ewing, who fought cancer two years ago, faces a new health battle.