Cancer risk possibly increases if patients with diabetes use the long-acting insulin analogue glargine instead of human insulin. Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care, in collaboration with the "Wissenschaftliches Institut der AOK", research institute of the German Local Health Care Fund, analysed the data of almost 130,000 patients with diabetes in Germany who had been treated with either human insulin or insulin analogues lispro, aspart or glargine between January 2001 and June 2005.

Childhood physical abuse is associated with elevated rates of cancer in adulthood, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers.

After a long battle with cancer, dramatically documented in her own documentary on her struggle, Farrah Fawcett passed away today at the age of 62.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who has been on an extended medical leave since mid-January, had a liver transplant two months ago, reports the Wall Street Journal. He is still on target to return at the end of June, according to the report.

Using a highly sensitive new test, scientists in Europe are reporting "convincing evidence" that marijuana smoke damages the genetic material DNA in ways that could increase the risk of cancer. Their study is scheduled for the June 15 issue of ACS' Chemical Research in Toxicology, a monthly journal.

At the ends of chromosome are special pieces of DNA called telomeres. Think of it as the little tip that caps off a shoelace. The telomeres send signals to the cells to let them know it’s the end point, not a break that should be repaired. Over time, as cells reproduce, the telomeres become shorter and eventually no longer do their job. The cells then have a higher risk of mutating into cancer.

Scientists at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Université de Montréal have discovered a key mechanism used by cells to efficiently distribute chromosomes to new cells during cell multiplication.

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is an aggressive muscle cancer that mostly affects children. The most common forms of Rhabdomyosarcoma are embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS). Although alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma is less common than ERMS, it is associated with a much higher rate of mortality.

Daniel Hauser and his mother Colleen, who have been on the run to avoid court-ordered chemotherapy for him, returned voluntarily Monday to Minnesota.

An arrest warrant has been issued for the mother of a 13-year-old boy with cancer whose family has refused him chemotherapy. Brown County District Judge John Rodenberg had ruled last week that Daniel Hauser’s parents were medically neglecting him and that ordered chemotherapy to begin.

Most cancers are rare in people with Down syndrome, whose overall cancer mortality is below 10 percent of that in the general population. Since they have an extra copy of chromosome 21, it's been proposed that people with Down syndrome may be getting an extra dose of one or more cancer-protective genes.

Amy Mickelson, Phil Mickelson's wife, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Phile Mickelson, who has won three PGA major events, said on Wednesday that he will suspend his PGA Tour schedule indefinitely to fully support his wife.