Food as medicine is an increasing area of research interest. The scientific community has even labeled various foods so-called "super foods." And one of those is the main ingredient in chocolate.

Targeted therapies are among the latest advances in treating cancer. They target specific genetic defects an individual has. And while the benefits are impressive, some of these drugs do have dangerous side effects.

The metal platinum is widely used in chemotherapy drugs such as Cisplatin . Another less expensive metal might have a silver lining for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

There are several treatments available for prostate cancer, and information on which is best has been hard to organize and difficult to interpret - until now.

Cancer develops in a struggle between the normal genes that keep your cells healthy, and other genes that developing cancer cells misuse to protect themselves.

Stage, screen and television actor Ben Gazarra , has died of pancreatic cancer, an illness he had been battling for some time. He was 81. Gazarra is best known for his big screen roles in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Anatomy of a Murder" and "The Big Lebowski ." He also appeared in the television series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and was the lead in the 1960s series “Run for Your Life.” Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest of all malignancies. It often starts silently, giving no warning of its menacing ways. The pancreas is both an organ and a gland. Its ...

While it's not always known exactly how exercise helps counteract cancer, having proof on a genetic level adds a fairly convincing argument to the many benefits of working up a sweat.

There are several kinds of External Beam Radiation therapy ( EBRT ), and figuring out the differences in each can be overwhelming. Recent research has now outlined the major differences. 

Uniting the world, raising awareness and reducing the devastation of a disease that strikes 12.7 million people on earth every year. Those are the goals of World Cancer Day, being celebrated this year on Saturday, February 4.

Cancer is a lot like a runaway train. In order for it to happen, not only did a lot of things go wrong, but the built-in safety mechanisms failed as well.