Colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the U.S. It’s estimated 5 to 10% of colon cancer cases occur with some inherited genetic component. How important is it ...

When multiple members of a family have had cancer especially at young ages or at the same site, it can signal inherited risk ...

From "All in the Family" to "A Million Little Things." This October marks the 35th anniversary of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time for raising awareness of a disease that touches the ...

Lynch syndrome is the most common cause of hereditary colon cancer. It is a genetic condition that puts people at an increased risk for cancer. People with Lynch syndrome typically get diagnosed with ...

For a small percentage of cancer patients, doctors are unable to determine where in the body the disease originated. To help pinpoint the origin of the cancers of unknown primary (CUP), researchers at ...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month first began in 1985, with the pink ribbon becoming the predominant icon for the campaign in the early 1990s. Source: Getty Images When did Breast Cancer Awareness Month ...

family history of prostate cancer A study of patients who initiated therapy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer demonstrated that those with vs without a family history of prostate ...

A person's cancer history should be taken into account when assessing their cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, according to a new retrospective cohort study published in the British Journal of General ...

A new study by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) found children of parents with a cancer history in the United States are more at risk of having unmet needs for housing, food, and other ...