More children with cancer could be saved in the next two to three years if the government-mandated price ceiling on essential drugs including anti-cancer medicines, would hold, a medical specialist said on Thursday.

Roche’s cancer drug Xeloda enabled elderly patients being treated for colorectal cancer to live free of the disease for longer, the world’s largest maker of cancer drugs said on Thursday.

Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year — and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Nov 06: Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year — and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.

Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year — and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.