There were 0.8 percent less new cases of cancer diagnosed in the U.S. from 1999 to 2005. At the same time, death rates due to cancer also went down 1.8 percent annually from 2002 to 2005, according to latest statistics.

By gender, there was significant decline in lung, prostate and colorectal cancer among males, while breast and colorectal cancer among females was noticeable

No matter what a person eats their basic scent, or body odor, remains detectably the same, researchers say.

It's serious research, because the same unique genes that determine body odor, called "odortypes," also in part are involved in the immune system, scientists from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based nonprofit basic research institute Monell Center say

One in eight patients with advanced stages of cancers did not push through anymore with treatments because of the soaring cost of health care, according to a new study.

USA Today quoted the study that one-fourth of cancer patients with incomes below $40,000 no longer pursued treatment. Those diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer had to spend over $25,000 out-of-pocket expenses, so only 12 percent of them sought medication

A large-scale clinical trial combining two popular lung cancer drugs Tarceva and Avastin has showed no increase in survival rates.

However, the combination treatment kept the disease from progressing for a longer period than Tarceva alone, the study found. Tarceva is marketed by Genentech and Avastin by Roche. Roche Holding AG sells both drugs in Europe

More than 80 million people in China will die in the next 25 years from lung disease, a new study confirms. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health say the deaths would be attributed to smoking habits and the common practice of burning coal and wood for cooking and heating.

The study, which is published online on Saturday by the British journal The Lancet looked at a 30-year period, spanning the last five and the next 25. More than half of Chinese men population smoke and more than 70 percent of Chinese households use solid fuels that are a major source of indoor air pollution, the study says