Taking the amountof resveratrol found in a glass of red wine could suppress a carcinogenesisthat would otherwise lead to breast cancer, according to a laboratory study inthe July 2008 issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Associationfor

On June 24, 2008, Texas mesothelioma cancer attorneys that represent the daughter of a deceased man filed a lawsuit against 14 companies, including her father's employer, DuPont. The woman's father died of mesothelioma that resulted from asbestos exposure on June

Using mouse embryonic stem cells, researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have developed a new method to evaluate which mutations, or changes, in a gene known to increase breast cancer susceptibility, may

Although annual breast cancer screenings are recommended for most women ages 40 and older, physicians debate the value of regular mammograms for elderly women, who are more likely to die from unrelated causes, the New York Times reports.read more

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a novel genetic test for determining whether patients with breast cancer are good candidates for treatment with the drug Herceptin (trastuzumab). The SPOT-Light HER2 CISH kit is a test that measures the