#cancer risk

Advocates petitioned to remove substances that cause cancer in lab animals, but FDA says they’re safe.

Pilot study suggests specific strain of bacteria may be found more often in East Asian patients with stomach cancer.

Is the U.S. government soft-pedaling information about drinking and cancer?

Findings on nearly 4,000 BRCA1 mutations will be immediately useful to many patients with previously inconclusive genetic test results.

Nancie Petrucelli is senior genetic counselor at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit.

About 480 men are expected to die from breast cancer this year.

Many breast cancer campaigns often fail to acknowledge people with advanced breast cancer.

Genetic mutation raises the risk of breast, ovarian and prostate cancers.

African-American women are 42 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than their white counterparts.

Our perspective today is based the decades of work we have done to assess and communicate the benefits and risks of breast implants.

Here’s what we know about this versatile, nutrient-rich plant food.

Requiring a cancer warning on coffee would be more likely to mislead consumers than to inform them.

The effects could increase a smoker’s risk for cancer.

Alcohol is linked to several types of cancer, especially among people over 50, but the absolute risk of light drinking is low.

How going against our internal clock can trigger disease.

Early and sustained antiretroviral treatment could help reduce the risk.