Scientists have discovered a process to trigger the death of cancer cells that they believe could be more effective than current methods.

Scientists have developed a blood test which spots the relapse of lung cancer in patients, up to a year before the disease can be detected by CT scans and X-rays.

Health experts may have given vaping the thumbs up for ex-smokers, but they stopped short of saying e-cigarettes are safe to use, the Irish Cancer Society has warned.

Piling on the pounds over several decades increases the risk of obesity-related cancers by 50% in men and by 20% in women, research has shown.

TUBE STATIONARY: Lying down after fertility treatment with intrauterine insemination (IUI) has no effect on the chance of falling pregnant, a study suggests.

A Mediterranean diet rich in vegetables, fish, and olive oil may reduce the risk of breast cancer returning.

Cancer cells force neighbouring healthy tissue to betray the body and assist their growth and spread, a study has found.

Scientists have moved a step closer to being able to predict the likelihood that very early tumours will develop into full-blown breast cancer, according to new research.

A major British discovery is expected to lead to revolutionary bespoke treatments for patients with advanced cancer. It could enter trials within two years.

Three-quarters of adults in Britain support a ban on junk food advertising before the 9pm TV watershed, according to a new poll.

Cancer patients have been warned to avoid an unauthorised ‘miracle cure’ that involves injecting modified blood that can be bought over the internet.

Britain’s New Year’s Honour list 2016 sees a total of 1,196 people receive an award, more than three-quarters of whom are recognised for community work, either in a voluntary or paid capacity.

FKA Twigs reckons she’s really a traditional girl at heart. The 27-year-old singer claimed that she’s looking to settle down with a husband and kids and has no ambitions to be part of the world of fellow star TAYLOR SWIFT and her “squad”.

Sweden’s Tomas Lindahl, American Paul Modrich and US-Turkish scientist Aziz Sancar have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for “mechanistic studies of DNA repair”.

Cancer experts have spoken of the importance of diagnosing the disease as early as possible, with the chance of survival more than three times higher when some of the most common types are diagnosed in the earlier stages.

Taking the contraceptive pill for even just a few years can reduce the risk of womb cancer according to a major study.

Don’t call them nasties! Rachel Marie Walsh defends three ingredients that often get a bad rap and highlights one worth avoiding.

A new drug combination has been used to make a major cancer breakthrough.

Two suncreams from leading brands are failing to provide the protection they claim, according to tests by a British consumer watchdog.

Proton beam therapy has reportedly cured five-year-old Ashya King of brain cancer after his family removed him from hospital in Southampton and took him to Prague for the treatment.

IF you’re looking for an example of a modern food miracle, look no further than coconut oil. 

Couples are more likely to give up smoking, visit the gym, or lose weight if they get healthy together, a study has found.

A revolutionary pill for advanced skin cancer that may offer new hope to people with resistant disease is to be trialled in the UK next year.

Healthier living could have prevented 600,000 cases of cancer in Britain in the last five years, a report claims.

The publication yesterday by Cancer Research UK of a report that showed that more than four in 10 cancers could be prevented if people led healthier lives hardly made for comforting holiday reading but then it was not intended as such.

The tobacco industry and a leading cancer charity have offered opposing verdicts on the success of the plain packaging of cigarettes, two years to the day since the measure was first introduced in Australia.

Non-branded cigarette packets have been a resounding success in Australia and should be introduced in the UK without delay, Britain’s leading cancer charity has said.

The friends and family of Lynda Bellingham will gather today to say goodbye to the actress who died last month.

A drug that kills cancer cells as they try to divide has shown "dramatic" results in early research, paving the way to potentially curative treatments.

British police have arrived in Malaga to question the parents of Ashya King, the five-year-old boy with a brain tumour who was taken out of a hospital in the UK on Thursday without doctors’ consent.

Two trials testing a new approach to managing depression in cancer patients, which is often overlooked or ignored, have shown positive results.

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Music-lovers across the world mourned when Bob Marley died in 1981 aged just 36. Now – 33 years later – scientists have unlocked some of the secrets to the rare form of skin cancer that killed him.

Healthy people should be encouraged to take a daily dose of aspirin to ward off cancer, according to the leader of a new study highlighting the drug’s benefits.

High factor sun creams do not provide total protection against the deadliest form of skin cancer, new research suggests.

A mini heatwave is being predicted for next week.

High factor suncream can not be relied on to protect against the deadliest form of skin cancer, new research has suggested.

‘E-cigarettes’ can improve the success rate of people trying to quit smoking by 60% compared with nicotine patches and gum or relying on will power alone, research has shown.

A “tipping point” has been reached in the war against cancer, with half of newly diagnosed patients surviving at least 10 years, a landmark study has shown.

A charity runner has completed back-to-back London Marathons while carrying a fridge.

Temperatures in the late-teens made for a balmy 34th London Marathon, as crowd favourite Mo Farah came home in eighth place for his course debut.

Thousands of people attempting to donate to the global “No make-up selfie” cancer campaign have inadvertently either given their money to a children’s charity — or tried to adopt a polar bear.

Vaccinating against the virus that causes glandular fever could prevent up to 200,000 cases of cancer worldwide each year, according to a leading charity.

Smoking increases the risk of breast cancer in older women by almost a fifth, a study has found.