The results now mean medical regulator NICE will reassess lorlatinib to provide a new standard first-line treatment for patients with ALK-positive lung cancer. Debra Montague, chair or ALK ...

A new drug tested in a phase 3 trial showed significant improvement in patients with treatment-resistant ovarian cancer.

Because women on the Pill are more likely not to use condoms with their partners it was thought they would have more exposure to the virus, which has been linked to cervical cancer. The new study ...

Taking aspirin was first linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer in 1988, but the research into its anti-tumour potential ...

Nearly 300,000 women in England will be offered a preventative pill to help them avoid breast ... Amanda Pritchard called the news "a new era for cancer prevention". The pills, which cost only ...

Taking a hormone pill every day could help men beat prostate cancer. Findings from the largest ever treatment trial in the disease show that men who take a hormone tablet after standard treatment ...

A licensing deal with Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals puts Merck in a competitive race to develop a medicine that targets a ...

A new pill designed to transform the treatment of ... in Australia and can also be used in the treatment of prostate cancer. It lowers levels of certain hormones to encourage the release of ...

For decades, aspirin has been known as a go-to painkiller. New research reveals how it may also help fight cancer. While previous research hinted at a link between aspirin use and improved cancer ...

The new capital will go towards Lucid ... "Midtown company tells investors esophageal pre-cancer screening should be an easier pill to swallow," in Friday's Health Pulse.