cancers

Chemical relaxers used to straighten hair may increase the risk of developing multiple cancers by as much as 166 percent, a new study has found. Experts have long been concerned about the presence of the carcinogen formaldehyde in…

Walking to work saves you money and gets your step count up – but scientists say it also cuts the risk of certain cancers.Commuting on foot almost halves the risk of liver tumours and slashes the odds of getting kidney cancer by a…

It's the phenomenon that's baffled doctors around the world: bowel cancer, usually a disease of the elderly, has soared by 50 per cent in 20, 30 and 40-somethings over the past 30 years.Now, in a fascinating discussion between two of the…

Artificial intelligence software can now detect signs of the most deadly type of skin cancer with 100 percent accuracy, potentially catching some of the most fatal cases in earlier stages when they have a better chance of being treated. …

Half of patients with this type of bowel cancer will require a stoma after surgeryDrug Durvalumb has been successful in trials, leaving surgery unnecessary By Eve Simmons Published: 17:55 EDT, 19 August 2023 | Updated:…

A deadly cancer that grows silently for years is striking down more young people than ever before — and tearing apart families in the process.While cancers have steadily fallen over recent decades, scientists have been mystified by an…

Huge medical breakthroughs mean that cancer is no longer a guaranteed 'death sentence', top experts have said.Data shows survival rates have soared over the past 50 years.Only one in four men with prostate cancer in the 1970s would be…