Representatives from five major US cancer care groups have collaborated to create new colorectal cancer screening guidelines designed to detect precancerous adenomas and malignant tumors in patients showing no symptoms. The American Cancer Society, the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American College of Radiology [...]

Possibly no other form of cancer is more feared or less talked about than penile cancer. A series of paintings and a book published by London artist John D. Edwards is helping change that for the thousands of men diagnosed with the disease each year. In the early 1990s, Edwards discovered a lump in his [...]

A team of international scientists has developed a new type of x-ray camera which has no lens, yet is powerful enough to capture images of tiny nanoscale features inside biological cells. The innovative device could help researchers gain a greater understanding of cancer by allowing them to view biological processes taking place inside whole human [...]

Most cancer patients undergo at least one CT scan during the diagnosis, treatment, or follow-up phases of their disease. A new study conducted by the University of Michigan Health System indicates many of those patients should be taking an inexpensive prescription tablet called N-Acetylcysteine before their scan to protect their kidneys from potentially serious damage. [...]

Scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, the West Virginia University School of Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine have developed a new imaging device which not only detects breast tumors too small to be seen by other imaging systems, it also gets a sample for cancer [...]

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 67,000 new cases of bladder cancer and over one million cases of skin cancer were diagnosed last year. And once those patients heard that distressing news, they were each faced with the challenge of choosing the right treatment option for their condition. To help patients and their [...]

Hong Liang, of Texas A&M University (TAMU), describes the process as “simple”, yet it could one day help scientists create tiny computers and detect cancers deep inside the body. Using DNA, the metal cadmium and low-intensity UV light, TAMU researchers have been constructing metal-coated nanowires which are small enough to be injected into the human [...]

The US population is aging, well-publicized statistics indicate mammograms save lives, and convenient screening locations continue to pop up everywhere — so why are more and more American women over 50 putting off routine mammograms? A study conducted by Brown University and Harvard University suggests money is one reason. Medical professionals have been successfully using [...]

Research conducted by scientists from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and the Cancer Therapy and Research Center (CTRC) could soon reduce risks for women needing radiation-based medical tests or cancer treatments while they’re pregnant. Current radiation-based tests and treatments for cancer rely on sophisticated computer models which determine the precise doses of radiation to be [...]

Approximately 11,000 people between the ages of 15 and 40 are diagnosed with cancer each year in England. While many patients in this age group go on to become long-term cancer survivors, a large percentage of them are rendered infertile as a result of their cancer treatments. Modern medicine continues to offer new options for [...]