AP - Older women who take hormone pills that combine estrogen and testosterone more than double their risk of breast cancer, according to a study of more than 70,000 nurses.

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Interventions tailored to language and culture can significantly boost colorectal cancer screening rates for U.S. minority groups, a new study finds.

A successful cancer-fighting drug may also damage the heart, although a researcher says leukemia patients who need Gleevec should not abandon it. While effectively treating cancer, Gleevec can lead to heart failure in some patients, said Dr. Thomas Force, who teaches medicine at Jefferson Medical...

Reuters - Gleevec, the pill that transformed cancer treatments by offering an easy way to target a difficult type of leukemia, may cause serious heart damage, researchers cautioned on Sunday.

Reuters - Tamoxifen, the pill that prevents breast cancer in high-risk women, does not appear in the long run to save many lives, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

AP - A successful cancer-fighting drug may also damage the heart, although a researcher says leukemia patients who need Gleevec should not abandon it.

Reuters - Gleevec, the pill that transformed cancer treatments by offering an easy way to target a difficult type of leukemia, may cause serious heart damage, researchers cautioned on Sunday.

An herbal pill will now available to help ease sunburn and help the body fight against skin cancer. Heliocare has been available in Europe for years but this summer is the first time the pill will be available in major drug stores in the United States....

AP - A judge has ruled that a 16-year-old boy fighting to use alternative treatment for his cancer must report to a hospital by Tuesday and accept treatment that doctors deem necessary, the family's attorney said.

A 16-year-old boy suffering from cancer has been ordered by a judge to undergo whatever treatment doctors feel is necessary to fight his cancer. The boy and his parents had been fighting to continue using alternative treatments....

A study conducted by researchers from the University of South Florida revealed that nicotine would directly hasten the growth of lung cancer.

Many patients who took an experimental drug treatment for multiple sclerosis during an open trial experienced remarkable results. MS experts are now launching a second study to investigate the potential for the drug treatment, which is course of two drugs combined -the cancer drug mitoxantrone...

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- While the nicotine in tobacco and in nicotine-replacement patches and gums doesn't cause lung cancer, it may help it along, a new study finds.

Reuters - People with melanomas in the head and neck area have experienced a greater total amount of sun exposure than those who develop the deadly skin cancers in their trunk area, Australian researchers report.

AFP - Asian women must not ignore the danger of cervical cancer, experts have told a Bangkok conference, labelling it a "hidden cancer" that kills more women in Asia than anywhere else in the world.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- Simply asking patients to map their moles on a drawing of their back after a monthly skin self-exam is an easy, low-cost way of reducing melanoma deaths, researchers report.

AFP - British doctors have called for stiffer controls over Chinese herbal medicine, reporting the case of a young man who developed cancer after taking a liver tonic which contains a carcinogenic herb.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- Simply asking patients to map their moles on a drawing of their back after a monthly skin self-exam is an easy, low-cost way of reducing melanoma deaths, researchers report.

The European Commission, Europe's regulatory body, on Thursday announced plans to ban 22 hair dye chemicals feared unsafe. The ban came after the release of a scientific study that said the prolonged use of dyes including these chemicals could lead to bladder cancer in the future....

Reuters - Recent advances in treatment mean it is possible to start talking about curing some types of cancer, the world's biggest maker of cancer drugs said on Thursday.