MORE ON: cancer

New research suggests that the cancer and death toll from Fukushima may be higher than previously claimed. According to a team of Stanford University researchers, most of these deaths will likely occur in Japan, but there could be as many as 30 casualties from radiation exposure in North... + read more

New cases of cancer among adults in California are declining, but rates of childhood cancers are increasing, according to a new study by a statewide health organization. The report, by the California HealthCare Foundation, also shows that cancer survival rates are improving for kids and adults... + read more

The lawsuit over California's approval of a controversial pesticide might hinge on a seemingly straightforward question: Did regulators ever ask themselves what would happen if they didn't approve methyl iodide? In an Oakland courtroom yesterday, Alameda County Superior Court... + read more

Something happened to the children of Fallon, Nev., between 1997 and 2003. Fourteen children were diagnosed with childhood leukemia, a rate for that population size that should only occur, by chance, once every 22,000 years, according to epidemiologists. The Fallon rate was... + read more

Cancer patients who are racial minorities, especially black Americans, are more willing than their white counterparts to exhaust personal financial resources to prolong life, according to a study published today in the journal Cancer. In a study of 4,214 people recently diagnosed with... + read more

Environmental groups say disease clusters are on the rise and the government needs to do more about it. In a report released Monday, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Disease Cluster Alliance highlighted 44 communities in 13 states with higher than ordinary numbers of... + read more