Hematology/Oncology

A latest American study found that men who have higher levels of calcium in their bloodstream are at an increased risk of developing life threatening prostate cancerdefinedefine.

Researchers have discovered a gene mutation which is responsible for the most inherited forms of neuroblastomas in children, a rare cancerdefine of specialised nerve cells, called neural crest cells which are involved in the development of the nervous system and other tissues.

A latest American study published on Tuesday found a link between having a non melanoma skin cancerdefine and developing other malignancies. The researchers found that people with non melanoma skin cancer are twice as likely to develop another form of cancer later on.

In a latest move taken by the UK government, all females aged 19 to 24 years could be offered a vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV) -- the major cause of the 2 types of cervical cancerdefine (squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinomadefine).

While tragedy and emotional upheavals in life enhance the risks of developing breast cancerdefine in a woman, new research suggests that feelings of happiness and a positive approach in life might actually act as antidotes, mitigating these negative effects and preventing breast cancer.

Precisely targeted radiationdefine therapy can eradicate all evidence of cancerdefine in some patients, a new research held at the University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois finds. The focused radiations reaped a 100 percent control over all signs of cancer in almost 21 percent patients, the study claims.

Being diagnosed and treated for breast cancerdefine doesn’t keep cancer patients ‘off it’ forever. The risk of relapse for some breast cancer survivors can remain even 15 years after one was initially diagnosed with the disease.

Twin studies published on Friday in the journal BJU International found that diagnosis and surgical removal of 'malignant prostate tumors' is more difficult in obese and overweight men than in normal weight men.

Vitamin C jabs are the new ray of hope for cancerdefine patients with poor chances and few treatment options as a new study found that injecting high dose of vitamin C instead of swallowed can destroy cancer.

Is your partner a smoker? If yes, then you might be at higher risk of having a stroke as compared to the people whose partners are non smokers, according to a new US study.