Researchers in the United Kingdom have moved a step closer to developing an anti-cancer vaccine.

The new study, which was published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, found that a protein on immune cells could possibly attack tumours.

The protein could then be used to make a vaccine which could home in on the invading cancer.

Healthy eating can come from the strangest of sources.

Sure, we all know if you eat plenty of fruit and vegetables and cut down on sugary snacks you are on the right track.

But there are foods we just don’t associate with healthy eating. Or, at least, we just didn’t even think about them in the first place.

Don’t lock up your daughters - new research has found that exercise is vital for helping to protect young girls from developing breast cancer in later life.

Girls in their teenage years can best benefit from an exercise regime that will cut their risk of breast cancer.

Dr. Graham Colditz of Washington University, who carried out the study, said: “This really points to the benefit of sustained physical activity from adolescence through the adult years, to get the maximum benefit.”

A third of all forms of cancer that happen in the UK each year could be prevented if diets and lifestyles were healthier.

That’s what experts are saying after a study has shown that the amount of people who could have been spared with a better lifestyle would have filled Wembley Stadium - 95,000, to be exact.

It all boils down to keeping a healthy weight, taking at least 30 minutes of exercise each day and filling your diet with fruit, vegetables, wholegrains and pulses.

New research in Australia has found that breast cancer can be prevented for some women who take part in physical activity.

The report amalgamated results from over 60 studies that looked at the link between breast cancer and exercise. The results were resoundingly positive, with the most physically active women reducing their risk of breast cancer by an impressive 25%.

Over a third of under-25s are risking getting cancer as they spend too much time in the sun, in what experts are calling a ‘binge tanning’ epidemic.

In a study by Cancer Research UK, it was found that young holidaymakers were oblivious to the damage that spending upwards of five hours a day could do to their skin.

It may look like the humblest of ingredients that make up your salad bowl – but the tomato is a genuine superhero.

I mean, it even has its very own red cape. Disease and illnesses beware – the red peril is in town.

Not convinced? Well, leading pharmacist is so sure that he has compiled a book highlighting of decades of research into the health-giving properties of the humble fruit. The Red Bodyguard goes at lengths to stress the importance of the humble tomato to our daily diets.

Men who do very little physical activity at work are more likely to develop prostate cancer, a new study has revealed.

Research published in the journal Cancer Causes and Control found that office-bound workers such as lawyers, managers and administrators were at a higher risk than masons, bricklayers, painters and welders.

Could cow urine really cure cancer? Yes, you read that right – pee from a cow.

Well, local government officials in India certainly think so.

Bureaucrats in the state of Uttarakhand plan to begin stockpiling litres of the stuff in a bid to find alternative ways of fighting against all kinds of diseases, including cancer.

Every year, 70,000 premature deaths in the UK - more than one in 10 - could be avoided if people in the UK adopted a healthier diet, according to new research.