Breast cancer screening based on individual risk rather than annual screening is safe, effective and preferred by patients, according to the results of a randomized study using data from the Women ...

Thousands of people in England will be able to check whether they have genes linked to cancer.

Doctors began testing PSA levels in the 1980s to monitor diagnosed cancers. By the early 1990s, researchers promoted it for ...

The health service is developing a register of 120 genes known to increase the likelihood of getting cancer as part of a ...

Only 20% of Iowans who qualify for lung cancer screening get one - and an innovative new program from the University of Iowa ...

The human papillomavirus, or HPV, is the cause of nearly all cervical cancers. But there's good news: HPV vaccinations can help prevent cervical cancer, as well as a host of other cancers caused by ...

A nationwide Australian pilot screened more than 10,000 adults aged 18–40 years for high-risk genetic variants linked to ...

Leading doctors have said NHS England is entering a 'new era of cancer prevention' with its pioneering gene database.

Radon and smoking are both known causes of lung cancer, but when someone is exposed to both, the results can be deadly.

Self-collection means swabbing your vagina to get a sample of cells to test in the lab. In this case, the sample is used to ...

Meanwhile, mortality from other leading cancers is declining ...