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Results from a recent Kaiser Permanente study show that when a breast cancer patient’s life includes friends with whom they enjoy positive experiences, the patient’s quality of life, including physical symptoms, improves.

Men prescribed statins experience a greater reduction in risk of prostate cancer death compared with men who do not take the drugs.

A new genetic test identifies breast cancer DNA in the blood.

Recent study results show the risk of colon cancer is increased by cigarette use, and smoking may have a greater effect on female smokers’ colon cancer risk compared to male smokers.

Obstructive sleep apnea may have an impact on cancer risk, according to a recent study.

Black women with breast cancer are 3 times more likely to postpone treatment for more than 90 days when compared with white women.

Researchers have determined that women who show a marked reduction in breast density on mammography during tamoxifen treatment have a 50% decrease in breast cancer mortality.

Researchers found that drinking coffee daily while taking tamoxifen could reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence.

Researchers report that alterations of particular DNA regions factor into the prostate cancer development.

Prospective study results show that patients with a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer have a moderately increased risk of developing cancer in the future.