Investigators say their findings will lead to early methods of diagnosis for cancers for which there is currently no cure 

Smarter matching of drugs to patients is likely to improve on the lukewarm results seen so far with targeted cancer therapies.

Pfizer Inc. is shifting its research focus to diseases that have high potential for treatment improvements, such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease, and where it can be a market...

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A gene difference in up to a third of patients with colorectal cancer could help solve how it passes between generations, scientists say.

American Cancer Society - Researchers at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and Northwestern University's Cancer Genetics Program have found a definitive link...

Six cancer sufferers who lost their only chance of fathering children when a hospital freezer broke down and destroyed their sperm samples were at the centre of an...

Tiny sacs released from tumor cells and circulating in the blood carry genetic information about the tumor, offering a new way to track and treat the cancer, U.S. researchers said.