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To assess 20-year risks, the study had women who received their breast cancer diagnosis many years ago. (Photo: Pixabay)

Risk of breast cancer's return looms for 20 years: Study

To assess 20-year risks, the study had women who received their breast cancer diagnosis many years ago.

9 Nov 2017 8:35 AM

Regularly eating high calorie food and drink increases the risk of becoming overweight or obese. (Photo: Pixabay)

TV ads make teens crave junk food: study

Being bombarded by TV ads for unhealthy, high calorie food could lead teens to eat more than 500 extra snacks.

17 Jan 2018 6:51 AM

It is important to understand how the DNA blueprint within stem cells is damaged because when healthy stem cells become faulty. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mouse study shows how alcohol may cause cancer

DNA damage can lead to cell death, but can also trigger the body's natural repair mechanisms.

4 Jan 2018 4:24 AM

For tumours to grow and spread, cancer cells must make larger than normal amounts of nucleic acids and protein, so they can multiply. (Photo: Pixabay)

Cancer overrides body clock to survive: study

Cancer cells alter the body clock to boost tumour growth.

1 Jan 2018 5:17 AM

Aggressive breast cancers can be caught early, without excessive recalls or biopsies. (Photo: Pixabay)

Don't let life bog you down

The illness has only put a break on your sex life, not deprived you permanently.

13 Feb 2018 7:04 PM

The set of 170 chemical compounds was then tested across 100 lung cancer lines. (Photo: Pixabay)

Early dinner may lower risk of breast, prostate cancer: Study

Breast and prostate cancers are also among those most strongly associated with night-shift work, circadian disruption.

18 July 2018 1:00 PM

Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Cancer diagnosis tied to increased risk of diabetes

Cancer therapies such as steroids, and many chemotherapy and radiotherapy regimes can increase glucose (or blood sugar)...

9 July 2018 11:34 AM

A newly designed three-part molecule could be the one answer patients with a certain form of breast cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

A new ray of hope for breast cancer patients!

The findings from this study are published in the publication Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids.

22 March 2018 8:39 AM

This is a huge contrast to the global age-standardised cancer incidence of men having a 25% higher incidence than women. (Photo: Pixabay)

Indian women more prone to cancer than men

More than 90% of all female cancers are not inherited, so genomic screening is not a cost effective option.

17 March 2018 5:27 AM

Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Stiffness makes cancer cells thrive

Scientists studying tumor growth and metastasis fabricated a human tissue model to examine how cancer cells interact.

5 May 2018 12:38 PM

Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Targeted cancer treatments far outperform traditional methods

Those who were treated with traditional approaches lived just under three months without cancer growing, and 7.3 months...

2 Jun 2018 12:38 PM

Obesity is a contributor to cancer risk, but how it actually causes cancer is still a question that has not been fully explained (Photo: Pixabay)

Study shows thicker waistline may up cancer risk

According to research, certain protein released from fat in the body can cause a non-cancerous cell to turn into a...

26 Aug 2017 4:30 AM