While white women in the United States are diagnosed more frequently with breast cancer, women of color are more likely to die of the disease. New research confirms this.

Brachytherapy places small radioactive sources into the breast cancer tumor bed to kill off any cells that remain after a lumpectomy. It's faster than standard whole-breast radiation therapy. This method may have some serious drawbacks, though.

You've probably heard that obesity is a risk factor for breast cancer. Now researchers are finding diabetes is another. And there are other things that both increase and decrease a woman's risk of getting breast cancer.

Prostate cancer treatment often involves hormone-blocking therapy. Some studies have suggested this treatment has dangerous side effects. New research, though, says men need not worry.

Controversy has swirled around when to start mammography and how often to have these breast cancer screenings. New research says what's important is for women just to have them done.

There's a huge push to find new and different uses for existing drugs. New research shows that a class of drugs used to treat seizures may be therapeutic in a deadly type of melanoma that affects the eyes.

Glioblastoma - the most aggressive form of brain cancer - doesn't appear as a distinct mass. The tumors are made up of the brain tissue itself. New technology is helping surgeons literally see the difference between diseased and healthy tissue.

Cancer tumors create their own network of blood vessels to stay alive. Scientists have found a way to use this network to enhance the effects of cancer treatments.

When caught early, testicular cancer has one of the highest survival rates - nearly 100 percent with the right treatment. But what are the factors relating to diagnosis and long-term survival? New research uncovers disparities.

Bodybuilders take L-arginine because the amino acid helps to build muscles. This over-the-counter supplement also helps to treat the deadliest form of brain cancer, glioblastoma .