Minimising breast cancer risk - Maintain a healthy weight. Obesity increases your risk of postmenopausal breast cancer by 50 to 100 per cent (Am J Clin Nutrition, 1987; 45: 289). It...

Calcium may cut colon cancer risk, says study - Calcium supplements may reduce the risk of colon cancer, according to a new report. ...

Colorectal cancer: a new smoking risk - Results of a new study by the American Cancer Society show that around 12 per cent of colorectal cancer deaths in the US are attributable to smoking....

Breast Cancer: Vitamin D – or sunshine – helps keep it away - Women who supplement with vitamin D – or who do a little sunbathing once or twice a week – reduce their chances of developing breast cancer.

Studies exaggerate genetic basis of breast cancer risk - Studies estimating the lifetime risk of women with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutation developing breast cancer may have exaggerated the risk by only...

Protecting yourself against colon cancer - Of all the cancers, colorectal is the one where the role of diet as a cause of the disease has been the most intensively studied. As a result, there h...

Bone mass points to breast cancer risk - Bone mass levels may be another indicator to determine a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, researchers have discovered. ...

Hrt women face greater risk of breast cancer - Women who choose hormone replacement therapy after menopause may be at greater risk of certain kinds of breast cancer, according to a US study. ...