Cancer

The money was raised to pay for lung cancer treatment.

Matt Thomas Oct 08, 2016

The soap star has set up a fundraising page for life-saving treatment at a specialist clinic in Germany.

Priya Joshi Oct 06, 2016

Epigenetic processes may explain why former smokers can still develop diseases after many years.

Léa Surugue Sep 21, 2016

Proteins in mummy tissue suggest familiar diseases may have affected ancient Egyptians.

Léa Surugue Sep 21, 2016

Significant variations in red blood cells occur between healthy and unhealthy people.

Lucy Pasha-Robinson Sep 11, 2016

Scientists compared how physical activity affected association between alcohol intake and death from all causes.

Aristos Georgiou Sep 08, 2016

Smokeless tobacco is widely used even though it carry many health risks like cigarettes, say scientists.

Léa Surugue Aug 26, 2016

Breast cancer study shows psychosomatic symptoms are caused by mental, rather than physical, factors.

Aristos Georgiou Aug 23, 2016

Pfizer will get access to a prostate-cancer treatment drug approved for sale in the US.

Kedar Grandhi Aug 22, 2016

NHS blood and transplant services revealed hundreds of successful organ donations by cancer patients.

Jen Offord Aug 13, 2016

Dr Kate Granger initiated #hellomynameis campaigner to raise awareness of cancer issues

Mark Piggott Jul 24, 2016

Scientists made the discovery while trialling a vaccine for Toxoplasma gondii parasite.

Samantha Payne Jul 23, 2016

The 52-year-old Manchester comic from Wythenshawe wrote and starred in the sitcom The Royle Family.

Fiona Keating Jul 02, 2016

People diagnosed with cancer at a young age are more likely to smoke than average youngsters.

Léa Surugue Jun 14, 2016

A vaccine made of nanoparticles has shown promising results in cancerous mice and in three melanoma patients.

Léa Surugue Jun 01, 2016

5-year survival rates for children, adolescents and young adults has risen steadily over time in Europe.

Divya Kishore May 27, 2016

A molecule has been synthesised to act against cancerous cells of patients with melanomas.

Léa Surugue May 26, 2016

Scientific literature suggests THC can alter DNA structure during cell division, leading to new diseases.

Léa Surugue May 25, 2016

The products we use to clean pools and hot tubs may react with sweat and urine, causing potential DNA alterations.

Léa Surugue May 23, 2016

People with HIV are less likely to be getting adequate treatment if they are diagnosed with cancer.

Léa Surugue May 17, 2016

Various studies have revealed eating vegetables and reducing meat consumption is beneficial for health.

Léa Surugue May 16, 2016

New evidence shows higher mortality rates for those who consume this protein source every day.

Léa Surugue May 09, 2016

Five new loci have been identified in women suffering from endometrial cancer.

Léa Surugue May 09, 2016

The Australian government will increase excise on tobacco 12.5% per year.

Brendan Cole May 03, 2016

New therapy against leukaemia shows promising results in early-phase clinical trial.

Léa Surugue Apr 26, 2016

Carina has become the first patient of a type one clinical trial, which has led to the shrinking of her tumour.

Léa Surugue Apr 25, 2016

When taken with usual treatments, aspirin reduces the death rate of colorectal, breast and prostate cancers.

Matt Atherton Apr 20, 2016

The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy will include more than 40 laboratories and 300 researchers.

Adam Justice Apr 14, 2016

The machine donated in 1995 also treats patients from Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan.

James Tennent Apr 08, 2016

Vegetarian diet has led to genetic mutation that may increase risk of inflammatory conditions, scientists say.

Karthick Arvinth Mar 30, 2016