HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Salivary gland cancer is caused by tumors that grow in any area of the salivary glands.

Reuters - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Gemzar for treating recurrent ovarian cancer, ignoring the advice given by an FDA panel earlier this year that had strongly recommended against approval, Eli Lilly and Co., the drug maker, said Monday.

Reuters - Organ transplant recipients have a much higher than average risk of developing an aggressive form of skin cancer, called squamous cell carcinoma. Dermatologists want physicians, nurses and patients to be aware of this risk so that any skin growths that look suspicious can be treated as early as possible.

According to research, nearly half of all cancer deaths are preventable. What is even more shocking is that the keys to success is not from some undiscovered therapy, but is from making lifestyle changes and routine screenings....

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half of all cancer deaths are preventable.

Banglore-based Healthcare Global Enterprises (HCG) has received funding from IDFC Private Equity to expand the Banglore Institute of Oncology (BIO). The BIO is to set up 13 new centers around India. The investment on the plans for expansion works out to approximately $3.5 million....

A new blood test can detect lung cancer long before an X-ray can. The test works by detecting proteins in the bloodstream that are sent out in response to lung tumors.

Researchers worry that if the 10,000 women surveyed worldwide know little about the risk factors for breast cancer than everyone else probably knows about the same or less. Cancer Research UK lead the study and surveyed university students in 23 countries. However they found that many of those...

Reuters - A blood test that looks for the body's own immune response to tumors may provide an easy way to find lung cancer in patients long before an X-ray or CT scan could, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.

According to decades of research, smoking marijuana can change lung tissue, which could promote the growth of cancerous cells. However, the marijuana and lung cancer link is still not absolute.

AP - Here's a new incentive for cities to go smoke-free: The government's top cancer agency could take away some tourism dollars if they don't.

Reuters - A cluster of characteristics that include high cholesterol, obesity, high blood sugar and high blood pressure -- dubbed metabolic syndrome -- has been linked previously to the development of diabetes and heart disease. Now, Italian researchers say it is "an important prognostic factor" in the recurrence of breast cancer.

Reuters - Smoking marijuana can cause changes in lung tissue that may promote cancer growth, according to a review of decades of research on marijuana smoking and lung cancer.

Doctors are now saying teenagers who develop cancer do not fit into the pediatric or adult hospitals that provide treatment for the illness. Doctor at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, along with a minority of hospitals around the country are following a model of establishing a facility...

Reuters - There is an 80 percent reduction in the risk of ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancers among women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation who undergo surgery to remove both ovaries, a procedure called bilateral salpingo-oophorectom­y, Canadian researchers report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

AP - When teenager Nicole Agostino was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma last year, the hospital where she was treated was full of children and coloring books.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 12 (HealthDay News) -- Educating the siblings of melanoma patients about their own cancer risk encourages them to undergo regular skin self-examinations that can catch the disease early, researchers report.

AP - Women with heart disease or a high risk for it would trade one set of odds for another if they took the drug raloxifene to try to prevent breast cancer, a new study suggests.

AP - Women with heart disease or a high risk for it would trade one set of odds for another if they took the drug raloxifene to try to prevent breast cancer, a new study suggests.

A study released recently shows that putting on extra 22lbs (9.9kg) increased a woman's risk of developing breast cancer by 18%, while those who lost the same amount cut the risk by 57%. The study also found that putting on a moderate amount of weight after the menopause can increase a woman's...