BEIJING, Otc. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- The more coffee people consume, the less likely they develop the most common form of skin cancer, a new study suggests, according to media reports Tuesday. Our study indicates that coffee consumption may be an importan...
Study Supports Breast Cancer Screening Every Two Years A new study finds that women who have a mammogram every other year are less likely to get a suspicious result requiring additional testing as compared to women who have the breast cancer screenin...
Health Report - Fukushima Children Tested for Thyroid Cancer Risk This is the VOA Special English Health Report. This week, Japanese doctors began examining three hundred sixty thousand children in Fukushima Prefecture. The goal is to learn the exten...
Rare Pancreatic Cancer Caused Steve Jobs' Death Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' death at the age of 56 followed a seven-year battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer - the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The disea...
Breast, Cervical Cancers Rates Rising Worldwide Women all over the world are at increased risk of developing breast and cervical cancers. A new study finds that, for reasons not yet understood, the incidence of these cancers is up in most countries,...
Stress Linked to Aggressive Breast Cancer A new study links aggressive breast cancer and stress. But the lead researcher suggests the findings raise as many questions as they answer. The study included about 1,000 breast cancer patients in Chicago -...
Study:SpicierDietCouldHelpFightCancer While researchers around the world continue searching for new and better treatments for various forms of cancer, they are also finding more evidence that simple changes in diet and lifestyle can, in many cases, p...
DoctorFightsCervicalCancerinDevelopingCountries Cervical cancer is the second deadliest cancer - after breast cancer - among women in developing countries. Eight hundred women die of cervical cancer every day, nearly 300,000 each year worldwide. Cali...
BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Firefighters who worked in the wreckage of the World Trade Center in 2001 were 19 percent more likely to develop cancer than those who were not there, according to a study. The study, published Thursday in the British...
Urine Test May Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Scientists have developed a new test for prostate cancer that may help patients and their doctors make difficult treatment decisions. But identifying the most aggressive and dangerous prostate cancers...
