Prostate cancer may a sexually transmitted disease, with the infection transmitted during intercourse, but the evidence remains sparse.
Vaccines work. Their widespread use has saved millions of lives. With an ageing population that is increasingly becoming a victim to cancer, a vaccine to treat it would do wonders. In a study published in Nature, scientists have taken a step in that direction.
A skeleton discovered in an ancient tomb in the Nile Valley in Sudan has been found to show signs of metastatic cancer.
Surgeons managed to keep a man’s calf tissue alive by attaching it to his arm, before using it to rebuild his body after amputation in the first surgery of its kind in the UK.
The world faces a surge of cancer unless countries begin to focus on the dangers of smoking, alcohol, and obesity according to a new report from the World Health Organisation.