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Study: HPV test may cut cancer death rate
Date: 2009-04-06 00:00:00

If 80 percent of women aged 30 to 59 around the world had a human papillomavirus (HPV) test followed by "a simplified" treatment for cancer administered the same day, it may cut the amount of cervical cancer deaths by almost half within a decade, according to a new study.... Full Story

Scientists find gene that may be linked to skin cancer
Date: 2009-04-07 00:00:00

UK researchers may have uncovered a gene mutation that may trigger up to 70 percent of melanoma skin cancers.... Full Story

Urine test may detect lung cancer risk in smokers
Date: 2009-04-20 00:00:00

Researchers may have uncovered a way to determine which smokers are at the highest risk of developing lung cancer. Presenting results at the American Association for Cancer Research's 2009 Meeting, researchers said that high urine levels of two metabolites - NNAL and cotinine - predicted increased cancer risk.... Full Story

Cancer gaining on heart disease as number one killer
Date: 2009-04-21 00:00:00

San Diego county became the latest region where cancer has overtaken heart disease as the number one cause of death, according to a report in the San Diego Union-Tribune.... Full Story

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