Cancer

Cancer incidence among minority populations is expected to double in the next 20 years, while only increasing about 31% among whites, according to a new report from government advisors.

The U.S. National Toxicology Program has added 8 substances to its list of known or probable carcinogens. Nearly everyone is exposed to many of these things, but mostly in tiny amounts.

Cancer mortality continues to decline in the U.S., but rates are more than twice as high for those with lower education levels.

New data show that the way Procrit, Epogen, and Aranesp are used in patients with chronic kidney disease puts them at risk of heart attacks, stroke, and death. More conservative dosing is needed.

Men are more likely than women to die of cancer in the U.S., a new study shows.

New research finds that updating family cancer history identifies high-risk patients who could benefit from screening.

Cancer patients can reduce the risks of side effects and cancer recurrence by exercising regularly, a new report shows.

A new report shows we've come a long way in cancer care and research in the last 40 years -- but we still have a ways to go, and a re-commitment from government may help lead the way.

More than three-fourths of people with a variety of cancers have low levels of vitamin D, and the lowest levels are associated with more advanced cancers, a new study suggests.

The number of older Americans living with cancer or who are long-term survivors of the disease will rise dramatically over the next decade, a new analysis shows.

Some people think that unattached guys have it made. But being a lifelong bachelor may not be all it’s cracked up to be, at least when it comes to a man's odds of surviving cancer.

Inactivity and excess sitting may be linked to an estimated 100,000 cancer cases a year, a study shows.

Long-time coffee fans who drink four or more cups a day of caffeinated coffee may be reducing their endometrial cancer risk by 30%, a new study shows.

A new study shows that BPA is also in a wide variety of paper products, including napkins, toilet paper, tickets, food wrappers, newspapers, and printer paper.

Cancer death rates for men and women in the U.S. kept dropping through 2008, continuing a nearly 20-year-long trend.

Screening rates for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer remain below target levels in the United States and are especially low among Asians and Hispanics, the CDC reports.

Less than a decade after the first human genome was sequenced at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, whole-genome sequencing is poised to become a useful and affordable diagnostic tool, experts say.

Many breast cancers develop in the part of the breast closest to the armpit where antiperspirants and other underarm products are used.

Eating freeze-dried strawberries may help prevent esophageal cancer, according to new but preliminary research.

New federal guidelines are urging doctors to back off annual cervical cancer screening for most women.

The FDA has approved the drug Afinitor (everolimus) to treat a rare type of pancreatic cancer.

Children and teens who use cell phones are not at increased risk of getting brain cancer, according to a new Swiss study.

`Apple chief Steve Job's appears to be suffering a recurrence of his islet cell neuroendocrine cancer. WebMD answers frequently asked questions about this uncommon form of pancreatic cancer.

Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple Inc. who revolutionized the way we use technology, died today after fighting advanced pancreatic cancer since 2004. The death was announced by the company he helped found.

Ginger supplements appear to lower some indicators of inflammation in the colon, a new study shows.