Oncology & Cancer

Can gel shrink some cancer tumors?

(Medical Xpress) -- Can a gel applied to the skin of a woman's breast provide the same cancer-fighting benefits as a pill taken by mouth but reduce the side effects of the medicine?

Oncology & Cancer

The paired perils of breast cancer and diabetes

Breast cancer and type 2 diabetes would seem to be distinctly different diseases, with commonality only in their commonality. Breast cancer is the second most diagnosed malignancy after some types of skin cancer; approximately ...

Oncology & Cancer

Drug boosts long-term survival after breast cancer

After a diagnosis of localized breast cancer, women are often prescribed tamoxifen for five years to help prevent a recurrence, but researchers said Saturday another drug, anastrazole, may work better.

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