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A national campaign to raise public awareness about the prevalence of fraudulent Internet pharmacies has been launched by the FDA.

Because transplant recipients and lymphoma patients have immune systems that tend to be significantly depressed, they are more likely than the average person to get melanoma and to die of it, a Mayo Clinic review has found.

A new study provides evidence that electronic health records (EHRs) enhance the quality of patient care in a community-based setting with multiple payers.

Upon completion of a supervised program, more than 40% of older breast cancer survivors are insufficiently active.

A new drug has been approved by the FDA for patients with colorectal cancer that has metastasized after treatment.

A simple blood test has been created that can detect the beginning stages of cancer, before symptoms like coughing and weight loss start.

The success rate of clinical trials for breast cancer drugs can increase by almost 50% when biological markers are used, according to new research from the University of Toronto Mississauga.

Cancer treatment protocols is one reason a virtual monopoly is held by some cancer drug manufacturers, which in turn helps to create the high cost of cancer drugs in the United States, according to a commentary by 2 Mayo Clinic physicians in a recent issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

By determining how water moves through tissue, water diffusion measurements with MRI could decrease false-positive breast cancer results and reduce preventable biopsies, according to recent study findings.