Cancer is often difficult to treat at advanced stages, but some malignancies can be detected early with regular screening. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), the American Cancer Society ...

Growing evidence suggests that personalized vaccines may help prevent cancer recurrence. To create a customized cancer vaccine, scientists genetically sequence a patient’s tumor and identify ...

Wearing frozen or tight-fitting gloves during chemotherapy may help prevent painful peripheral neuropathy. Chemotherapy is effective for many types of cancer, but the medications can harm normal cells ...

Somebody dial 911! Since President Donald Trump took office for his second term, his administration has defunded grants, implemented massive firings of federal employees and restructured or eliminated ...

A 26-year-old man who had childhood cancer has received the first known transplant of sperm-producing stem cells. When Jaiwen Hsu was diagnosed with bone cancer and underwent chemotherapy at age 11, ...

After learning she has triple-negative breast cancer in 2022, Jackie Lantry ponders which friends to tell—and how to do it. She decides to start with the mermaids.

Whether you’re advocating for yourself, a loved one or the cancer community at large, these tips can help you stay motivated and maintain emotional resilience.

Senator Tammy Baldwin (D–Wisc.) fights to secure funding for Medicaid and raises awareness for cancer patients who rely on the program. Baldwin also vigorously champions cancer research and the ...

A single jab of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine seems to work as well as the currently recommended two doses for adolescents, according to findings from a National Institutes of Health study in ...

Minnesotan Barb Skurdahl was on vacation to see a life-size Noah’s Ark when she unexpectedly learned that she was living with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

A structured exercise program after surgery for colon cancer was associated with a reduced risk of disease recurrence and improved survival, according to results from a randomized trial presented at ...

Jennifer Diamond, MD, medical director of the Cancer Clinical Trials Office, describes how clinical trials lead to new drugs that more effectively treat the disease.