Cancer scare headlines are not new
Richard Evans: Scientists and journalists have been publishing overblown reports for a century – no wonder people still don't trust them
My week: Ruth Otto, mammographer
Breast cancer screening is an intimate job. Some women will tell you their life stories in three minutes
Fruit and vegetables have little effect on cancer risk, study finds
Research points to weak link between five a day and protection against cancer
How to improve UK cancer survival
Emine Saner asks the experts how the NHS can catch up with Europe
Memo to medics: it’s about emotions as well as tumours
Zoe Williams: The latest dust-up among breast cancer experts shines a light into the grey areas of the NHS's screening programme
Ten million Britons at risk from cancer, new research reveals
Swedish scientists confirm role played by high blood sugar levels
I don’t need a war to fight my cancer. I need empowering as a patient
Mike Marqusee: Using the martial metaphor for something as complex as cancer makes the disease ripe for political and financial exploitation
First cancer genome sequences reveal how mutations lead to disease
Scientists sequence genomes of cancer cells for first time, revealing pattern of mutations that could eventually be used to tailor treatments to particular patients
Blood Matters by Masha Gessen
A frank and powerful memoir about a mastectomy impresses Imogen Carter
False positive on breast cancer
Sarah Wildman: A panel's recommendation that American women need fewer mammograms would mean more deaths from breast cancer
Darcus Howe: My battle with prostate cancer
Darcus Howe on surviving a disease where the UK death rate for West Indian men far outstrips that of whites
Risk factors for catching cancer
Usually the disease is a combination of genetic propensity and environmental circumstances
Cancer risk casts doubt over future of HRT
We must 'seriously question' whether hormone-replacement therapy has role in modern medicine, says expert
‘Lab-on-a-chip’ tech for cancer test
Endoscopic technology would enable doctors to test for colorectal cancer biomarkers during internal examinations
Healthy lifestyle could prevent 40% of breast cancer cases, charity says
World Cancer Research Fund report links disease to diet and says breastfeeding could help in prevention