Comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres on Thursday helped kick off a breast cancer awareness campaign led by vitamin maker One A Day that allows women to request a phone message of DeGeneres sent to someone they know reminding that person to take steps to check for breast cancer, the AP/Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

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Women who were born as big babies, particularly if they were longer in length, are more susceptible to breast cancer said UK researchers after re-analysing data from published and unpublished studies. The analysis was the work of researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and […]

Tricia Dempsey of Cumming was five months into her chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer, suffering from nausea, thrush and a hives-like-rash when she took a highly unusual step to help with her recovery.

ake Stem Cells From Mature Celld a safer way to convert mature cells into an embryonic-like state, according to a study published on Thursday in the journal Science, the

A trainee anaesthetist running in a race to raise money for cancer research dies just after finishing.

Women who were bigger and longer babies may be more likely to develop breast cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday.

ONI BioPharma Inc. (AMEX: ONI) announced that it has entered a Collaboration Agreement with a major international diagnostics company regarding ONI’s unique biomarkers for early, middle and late stage colorectal cancer. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. ONI BioPharma scientists used its dynamic diagnostic platform, PCMAT, to discover proteins that […]

Cancer drug developer Antisoma plc (LSE: ASM; USOTC: ATSMY) announced that it has started a phase II trial evaluating the addition of AS1402 to the endocrine (hormonal) therapy letrozole in post-menopausal women receiving first-line treatment for advanced breast cancer. Approximately 110 patients will be randomly assigned to receive either letrozole plus AS1402 […]

An expert is appointed by the University of Manchester to investigate claims that radiation exposure may have killed five members of staff.