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In healthy women, screening for the deadly malignancy actually does more harm than good, a study shows.

A new drug combination can help patients with pancreatic cancer live months longer than on standard therapy.

Examining cells from a woman's breast milk may help evaluate future breast health, new research suggests.

Given the bind that many prominent American men have thrust themselves into — think Tiger Woods, Mark Sanford, Eliot Spitzer, et al. — it seems it really is possible to have too much of a good thing. And your prostate gland appears to agree.

Bringing home the bacon might not be such a great idea, according to stricter new dietary advice from the British government issued Friday.

A small dose of aspirin every day could significantly reduce the risk of dying from a range of common cancers, a study suggests.

Advanced CT imaging can reduce deaths from lung cancer by 20% among heavy smokers, according to long-awaited results from the first comparison of CT scanning and regular chest X-rays, researchers said Thursday.

Men who have a certain genetic variations that put them at higher risk of prostate cancer may benefit from regular screening for the disease, a study by British scientists found Friday.

Women who have gene mutations that increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer can substantially reduce their chances of developing -- and dying from -- those cancers if they have their breasts or ovaries removed preemptively, according to a new study.

Death rates from breast cancer in Britain have dropped by a third in a generation, a pan-European study shows.