The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, approved in 2006, protects against strains of the virus responsible for 70% of cervical cancers. But what about the remaining 30%?
Cancer
Study: Marijuana Compounds Can Kill Some Cancer Cells
Taking pills with the non-psychoactive elements, not smoking it.
Report: Air Pollution Causes Cancer
Commuting to work everyday could be giving you lung cancer
Colonoscopies Could Prevent 40% of Colorectal Cancers
Katie Couric was right about colonoscopies. They aren’t fun, but they lower cancer risk and save lives.
Reality Check on Cancer: Fast Progress But Too Many Preventable Deaths
The latest status report from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) shows that most cancer deaths are avoidable.
Coffee, Exercise May Help Women Prevent Womb Cancer
Researchers say working out and a little coffee might help fend off the disease
Smell Test: Using Breath to Sniff Out Cancer, Infections and More
Anyone who has taken an alcohol-breathalyzer test knows what a snitch breath can be.
Blood Test May Detect Ovarian Cancer At Its Earliest Stages
Ovarian cancer is treatable is detected early, but 70% of cases aren’t diagnosed until it’s too late. A promising blood test may change that.
How Brushing Your Teeth Lowers Your Risk of Cancer
HPV-caused throat cancer made headlines in June when the Guardian reported that actor Michael Douglas contracted throat cancer not through tobacco and alcohol, but from human papillomavirus (HPV).
Panel Advises Annual Lung Cancer Screening for Current and Former Smokers
For the first time, there’s evidence that screening smokers may save them dying of lung cancer.
How Height Is Connected to Cancer
Jealous of your long-legged peers? Turns out they may not have won the gene pool after all.
Mapping Cancer: Largest Set of Tumor Genomes Could Lead to Better Anticancer Drugs
The latest map of all the genes involved in a set of tumor cells exposes which mutations drive cancer and how to possibly treat them.
Another Case of Brain Cancer In Baseball. What’s Going On?
A seeming epidemic is probably just an illusion—albeit a tragic one