A new study has shed light on the genetic causes of neuroblastoma, a rare but aggressive childhood cancer that affects around 100 children a year in the UK.

Cancer Research UK has this week celebrated its inaugural Business Supporters' Awards, in celebration of the contribution made by business to help the charity beat cancer.

Norwegian researchers have published details of a new estimation method, which can be used to estimate the rate of growth of breast tumours among a population.

The misinformation and confusion that often hovers around health and science stories will soon be dispelled by top science bloggers at Cancer Research UK.

Women who quit smoking have about a 20 percent lower risk of death from smoking-related cancers within five years of quitting, as well as a substantially reduced risk of death from heart disease, according to researchers at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.

Scientists are testing a new way of detecting lung cancer at an early stage in people at greatest risk of developing the disease.