What Doctors Don't Tell YouAs breast cancer rates continue to spiral upward (to 185,000 women in the US and 28,000 women in the UK every year), the pressure is on for women, particularly those over 40, to have regular mammograms.
Survival rates for patients suffering from cancers of the lung, breast, colorectum and prostate in England and Wales are lower than the average rates for Europe (Lancet, 1999; 353: 1437-8). ...
Researchers from Belgium, France, the US and Poland have concluded that just because a tumour 'responds' to chemotherapy doesn't automatically mean a better chance of patient survival. ...
HIV infection is not so easily spread by heterosexual sex as scientists had feared. ...
A new review of the use of radiotherapy for breast cancer, involving 20,000 women, has turned up some worrying findings. ...
Does a delay in the treatment of breast cancer affect survival rates? And if so, is it the woman's delay in reporting, or the practitioner's delay in treating, that's the most important factor? ...
Men who reach retirement age with slow-growing prostate cancer are likely to live as long as men without tumours, scientists have discovered. ...
Major stress possibly sparked by a bereavement, a job loss or divorce can cause breast cancer, researchers have proved. Risks of developing breast cancer increase by almost 12 times if a woman has ...
Men with prostate cancer may not need to undergo radical prostatectomy (removal of prostate gland). ...
The results of two 20-year long studies into breast cancer treatments have shown that breast-conserving surgery results in better outcomes for women.
