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Most doctors surveyed said they were comfortable treating lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender patients, but half or fewer felt confident in their knowledge of these patients' health needs.

WebMD’s 2018 Health Heroes have left their mark on the fight against cancer in ways large and small.

A study of about 240,000 cancer patients in Australia from 2006 to 2015 found that any type of cancer was associated with a 40 percent increased risk of developing shingles, compared with not having cancer.

Between 1991 and 2016, deaths from cancer dropped 27 percent. In real numbers, that's almost 2.6 million fewer cancer deaths, according to the American Cancer Society.

Among nearly 4.6 million patients, almost 1,600 died by suicide within a year of their diagnosis, researchers found, which is a 2.5 times greater risk than what's seen in the general population.

A nearly twofold difference exists between U.S. states with the highest and lowest proportion of obesity-related cancers, American Cancer Society researchers have found.

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The study found that in 2015, about 4 million deaths were attributable to excess body weight.

The team at the University of Queensland in Australia created the test after discovering that cancer forms a unique DNA structure when placed in water, CNN reported.

When exposed to radio frequency radiation like that used in 2G and 3G cellphones, male rats developed heart tumors, a government report says. But critics believe the exposures in the study can’t be directly compared with humans.

In a survey for the nation’s cancer doctors, 39 percent of respondents said they believe cancer can be cured using just alternative therapies, such as enzyme and oxygen therapy, diet, vitamins and minerals.

The claims about this exotic plant’s medicinal benefits have been “way oversold."

Eating more organically grown foods was linked to a 34 percent reduced risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, a 76 percent decreased risk for all lymphomas and an 86 percent reduced risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a recent study found.

Researchers who analyzed data from 178 countries found that people from larger families were less likely to get cancer than those from smaller families.

For patients whose cancer has spread, who cannot "beat" cancer, the sound of the bell can trigger anger, resentment, resignation, or depression, according to various online accounts.

Middle-aged men living in 64 municipalities throughout Taiwan were more likely to develop oral cancer if they lived in places with high levels of air pollutants, researchers report.

Taking two or more standard-dose (325 milligram) aspirin a week was associated with a 49 percent lower risk of liver cancer, researchers found in a new study.

Sarcomas in the soft tissues (such as fat, nerves, ligaments, muscles) of all types are rare, accounting for less than 1% of all malignant tumors in adults. In 2018, the American Cancer Society estimates, about 13,000 new soft-tissue sarcomas of all types will be diagnosed, and about 5,000 Americans will die of them.

Because of safety concerns, France has banned BPA in food packaging. California lists BPA as being toxic to the female reproductive and requires manufacturers to warn consumers if certain chemicals are in their products.

Using the patients' own blood cells, researchers at the U.S. National Cancer Institute modified immune cells and created personalized vaccines to target HER2-positive cancers throughout the bod

To test whether the bacteria could help fight cancer, researchers injected the tumors of 24 patients with a single dose of Clostridium novyi-NT, ranging from 10,000 to 3 million spores.

Four small friends who met in the hospital while getting treated for cancer are back together for a group photo. And this time, they’re wearing shirts that say “Survivor.”

New cancer cases in the United States are expected to increase from more than 1.7 million in 2018 to nearly 2.4 million in 2035. The increase is due largely to an aging population.

The investigators found that when a crucial part of cellular recycling is turned off in metastatic cancer cells, they can't survive the stresses of traveling through the body.