Smoking and drinking are significant known risk factors for head and neck cancers.
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Eating Processed Meat Raises The Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer By Twenty Percent
Pancreatic cancer in its early stages often does not show any manifestation that one has the deadly disease.
U.S. Researchers Discover How To Keep Tumor Cells Alive In The Laboratory
US researchers said, they have discovered how to keep tumor cells alive in the lab, generating hope in the scientific community about a potential breakthrough that could transform cancer treatment.
Scientists Develop A Vaccine That Trains Immune System To Identify & Kill Cancer Cells
Scientists in the United States have developed a vaccine that attacks tumors, a breakthrough they hope will help fight breast, colon, ovarian and pancreatic cancer.
Cancer Survivors Today Live Nearly Six times Longer Than They Did Four Decades Ago
The Macmillan Cancer Support charity said that the cancer mean survival time, the time from diagnosis until fewer than half of patients are still alive, has increased from one year to 5.8 years since 1971.
Scientists Link ‘Darkness Hormone’ As Natural Defenses Against Cancer
In a study by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), experts suggested that while family history, smoking, drinking and poor diet are the main risk factors for breast cancer, excessive exposure to electric light during night-time hours could reduce our resistance to the disease.
A Study Refutes That Mobile Phone Use Can Cause Cancer, Critics Beg To Disagree
A large study of mobile phone users has found no evidence that longer term users are at an increased risk of developing brain tumors.
Increase Of New Cancer Cases In Less Than A Decade Noted
The number of new cancer cases has increased by 20 percent in less than ten years and now stands at 12 million annually, according to the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).
High Exposure To Formaldehyde Increases Risk Of Cancer, Scientists Warn
Formaldehyde is now added to a list of known carcinogens by the US government.
Golf Legend Seve Ballesteros Is Dead At Age 54
The Spanish golf legend, Seve Ballesteros has died of cancer at his home in Pedrena (Cantabria), northern Spain.