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Supplements May Raise, Not Lower, Cancer Risk
By Agata Blaszczak-Boxe last updated
Although dietary supplements are often touted for their health benefits, they may in fact increase your cancer risk, especially if taken in high doses, a new analysis finds.

Vitamin E May Increase Prostate Cancer Risk in Men
By Rachael Rettner last updated
Vitamin E supplements may increase the risk of prostate cancer in men.

Experimental rectal cancer drug caused all patients' tumors to disappear in small trial
By Nicoletta Lanese published
More research is needed to know if the patients' cancer could return.

Over 100 brain tumors linked to NJ high school: Is it a cancer cluster?
By Donavyn Coffey published
An investigation is underway to determine if the school is linked with a cancer cluster.

Cancer diagnosis: Detection, testing and research
By Ben Biggs, Ailsa Harvey published
Reference Cancer can affect any part of the body, requiring doctors to employ robust methods such as MRI scans, blood tests and computed tomography to detect and classify it.

Bizarre knotted DNA structures linked to cancer in mice
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Missing enzymes may cause troublesome knots to appear in DNA.

Dormant cancer cells may 'reawaken' due to change in this key protein
By Rebecca Sohn published
Cancer cells can lie dormant for years and then suddenly start spreading.

HPV vaccine slashes cervical cancer rates by 87% among women in the UK
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
The HPV vaccine reduced cases of cervical cancer by 87% among women in the U.K. who received the vaccine when they were 12 or 13 years old, according to a new study.
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