Study finds cancer patients expect radical treatment - Cancer patients expect radical treatment, even if there's little chance for success. That's the conclusion of a study of l06 recently diagnosed cancer...

Cancer - radiotherapy causes it, too - Radiation is one of the cornerstones of cancer treatment - but it can also cause cancer, as a new study has found.

Steroids for cancer patients - Patients with advanced cancer are being given steroids without monitoring or any clear benefit. ...

WHO Does What? Health organization takes illicit donations from drug companies, report claims - The World Health Organization (WHO) – supposedly an independent voice of global health - is accepting illicit payments from drug companies, a new repo...

Radiotherapy - Cancer cure or time bomb? - Up to 50 per cent of cancer patients will be treated with radiotherapy. It may be used exclusively, or as a back up to chemotherapy or surgery. Like c...

Case study: The risks of radiotherapy for cancer - In early 1992, my aunt, aged 72, contracted lung cancer. She was put on a course of chemotherapy pills, which was extremely successful, and virtually...

Damaged lungs: untested treatment - Adults with injured lungs are being subjected to procedures which are largely untested and unproven, according to an editorial in the British Medical...

Radiotherapy:the good news is it kills cancer - A new review of the use of radiotherapy for breast cancer, involving 20,000 women, has turned up some worrying findings. ...