Hubbly bubbly: Cancer risks are troubling

Hubbly bubbly water pipes pose a serious cancer risk, a researcher says, with children as young as eight at risk of the dangers of the pipes.

Time to trash those smokes

Around 40% of all cancers are caused by things we have the power to change.

Nuns should take 'the pill to reduce risk of cancer'

Nuns should be given the contraceptive pill to reduce the high death rates from breast, ovarian and uterine cancer a result of their childlessness.

Put your nuns on the pill, pope urged

The Catholic Church should pay for nuns to go on contraceptive pills to cut the cancer risk that comes with a life of celibacy, cancer experts say.

Taller women more likely to develop cancer

Taller people are more likely to develop some of the commonest and deadliest cancers, a study of links between height and the disease has concluded.

Swazi budget crisis hits cancer patients

Swaziland's government stopped paying for Robert Ngongoni Sukati's cancer treatments, so he had to turn to a dubious "immune booster".

Cancer: beat of an ancient drum?

Rogue cells could be the foot soldiers of atavisms as old as the hills, writes Paul Davies.

Cancer: The beat of an ancient drum?

As cancer progresses in the body, so more and more of the ancestral core within the genetic toolkit is activated.

Lab-grown sperm raise hope for male infertility

Scientists have grown sperm in the laboratory in a landmark study that could help preserve cancer patients' fertility.

Bryan Robson in cancer battle

Former England captain Bryan Robson has undergone surgery for throat cancer, Manchester United said on Wednesday.

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