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(Cleveland Clinic) Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered three genes that increase the risk of thyroid cancer, which is has the largest incidence increase in cancers among both men and women.

Over 40% of cancers diagnosed each year in the UK are caused by avoidable lifestyle choices like smoking, drinking and eating the wrong things, a review reveals.

(MedPage Today) -- Cancers of the mouth and throat are becoming less deadly, particularly for the more educated in American society, a population-based study found.

(MedPage Today) -- Cancers may not be the only unwanted growths that could be eliminated with angiogenesis inhibitors -- the same approach successfully reduced fat deposits in obese mice.

Also in this week's edition of Lab Notes, snakes may show the way to new treatments for weakened hearts.

Two million women were diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer last year, according to new global figures.

A bacterium found in soil is showing promise as a way of delivering effective cancer drugs into tumours.

Scientists have discovered how cancerous cells can "elbow" their way out of tumours, offering clues for new drugs to prevent cancers spreading.

Review of 1.6 million mammograms from 685,000 women shows that commonly used computer-assisted detection (CAD) makes mammograms more costly but not better at finding cancers.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. executives said Monday they have more than a half-dozen drugs in testing against different cancers and could get important data on them and possibly a couple of approvals this year....

A breath test using an "electronic nose" can distinguish between healthy patients and those with various cancers, according to a study.