The largest study to date on links between mobile phone use and certain types of brain cancer has proved inconclusive, researchers say. The results indicate a possible health risk from heavy mobile phone use, said the World Health Organisation (WHO), which conducted the study. But it said...

Five new genetic clues to why some women have a family history of breast cancer have been identified by UK researchers. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. View full post on...

VIEWPOINT New and innovative drugs to treat cancer are being developed at an ever-increasing rate, which is of course a good thing. But this puts an ever increasing pressure on NHS budgets and in this week’s Scrubbing Up, Professor Jane Maher warns that patients with rarer cancers may...

Coronation Street star Sally Whittaker has revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the same time her TV character was battling the disease. "If I had not been researching this storyline I may not have discovered the lump in my breast," said Whittaker. Whitaker returns to...

Those diagnosed with lung cancer in England are much less likely to survive the disease than their Scandinavian counterparts, a study suggests. A study published in Thorax finds that despite similar health spending, Swedes have almost double the survival rate after five years with the...