No link to child cancer from phone masts, finds study

Imperial College London researchers dismiss connection between living near mobile phone masts while pregnant and increased risk of cancer among children

Coffee may protect against head and neck cancers

Drinking more than four cups of coffee a day decreases the risk of developing certain cancers, a study suggests

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