Science news articles about 'cancer deaths'

... the results with data officially recorded in a central cancer registry over a seven year period. “These results ... time, the affect that daily exercise has in reducing cancer death risk in men aged between 45 ...

... that self-exams actually reduce breast cancer deaths. Instead, the practice may be doing more harm ... time, there was no significant difference in breast cancer deaths between the two groups. The China study ...

A new comprehensive analysis has detailed how cancer death rates in developed countries have fallen substantially in the last 20 years, despite a general increase in the prevalence of cancer.

... people worldwide die from lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer death. Up to 90% of lung cancer deaths are caused by exposure to cigarette smoke and, on average, current smokers are 15 times ...

... screening, is excited by the report showing that colorectal cancer deaths among men and women dropped ... for the first time a simultaneous decline in both cancer death rates and incidence rates in men ...

... relationship over twenty-five years between lung and other cancer death rates suggests a single cause ... mortality, said, "The fact that lung and non-lung cancer death rates are almost perfectly associated ...

... are expected to be the third and fourth most common causes of cancer death in both men and women. "African ... , respectively. Additional statistics in the report include: Cancer death rates are lower among more educated ...

ATLANTA (AP) -- The U.S. cancer death rate fell again in 2006, a new analysis shows, continuing a slow downward ...

... of medicine at Montpelier University in France. "For lung cancer, considering that this disease is very resistant to treatment ... is particularly difficult to treat and is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, killing an estimated 1 ...

ATLANTA (AP) -- Colon cancer deaths could drop dramatically in the next decade because of better screening and treatment, according to an optimistic new prediction by top researchers....

... loss.Professor Mike Richards, the government's cancer tsar, who unveiled the move in an interview with the Guardian ... the huge toll of avoidable cancer deaths.Computer-assisted cancer risk assessment will help ...

... is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Despite evidence and guidelines ... that recommended screening strategies reduce colorectal cancer deaths," said Dr. Donald Steinwachs, panel ...

... that the higher IGF-I levels caused the cancer death, it does encourage more study as well ... with lower levels. "In this study, the increased risk of cancer death for older men with high levels ...

... of the hormone IGF-I (insulin-like growth factor 1) are at increased risk of cancer death, independent of age, lifestyle ...

... effect of the Danish screening programme on breast cancer deaths. Similar results have been seen in other countries ... study suggested that screening had reduced breast cancer deaths by 25% in Copenhagen. But Karsten J ...