Science & Medicine
A new procedure could, for the first time, allow doctors to diagnose kidney cancer through a simple urine test.
Dec. 22, 2003
Older men with early-stage, localized prostate cancer live longer if the disease is treated with radiation or surgery instead of simply waiting and watching it, as is often recommended, a study published Tuesday said.
Dec. 13, 2006
A genetic mutation found in 7% of Ashkenazi Jewish families in the United States does not necessarily lead to colon cancer.
Dec. 15, 1997
Men whose prostate cancers are treated early with radiation therapy can expect to live almost as long as men the same age who never develop the disease, according to results of a 15-year study released Monday.
Nov. 10, 1992
Prostate cancer patients who smoke might want to quit--at least if they want to maintain a sex life.
Nov. 1, 1999
A single gene of the hepatitis B virus caused liver cancer in mice, raising the possibility of developing drugs to keep the virus from causing liver cancer in people, a researcher said last week.
May 27, 1991
Men whose prostate cancers are treated early with radiation therapy can expect to live almost as long as men the same age who never develop the condition, according to results of a 15-year study released in San Diego on Monday.
The first tests in humans of a new genetically engineered anti-cancer agent called tumor necrosis factor, or TNF, were begun by Cetus Corp. of Emeryville, Calif., last week.
June 15, 1986
Obituaries
On an October morning in 2004, a bleary-eyed UC Irvine chemistry professor checked to see who had won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
June 3, 2015
Brothers of men with prostate cancer have almost three times the risk of developing the disease as men with no family history of it, researchers have found.
Sept. 29, 2003