“The priority now should be understanding why these increases are occurring and which factors are genuinely driving them.” ...

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) analysis found the rates of prostate, bowel, kidney and womb cancer had all at least doubled in the last two decades. Cases of liver, pancreatic and breast cancer ...

Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of cancer affecting the lungs. The diverse types of NSCLC are characterized by cancer cells that grow and spread in different ways. The three ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) endorsed a blood test designed to spot early signs of dozens of cancers despite concerns about how definitive the test’s results may be, the Associated ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and fittingly, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center biologist Curt Hines, Ph.D., has published a pair of papers that comprehensively describe ...

Estrogen-dependent cancers are cancers that grow in response to the hormone estrogen. These include certain types of breast cancer, uterine cancer, and ovarian cancer. In these cancers, estrogen can ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Key Takeaways Epithelial ovarian carcinoma is the most common type of ovarian cancer.Germ cell tumors often affect teenagers and young adults.Stromal tumors are ...

It’s long been known that no amount of alcohol is good for the body — and now new research spotlights the potential harm it can cause. More than 5% of all cancer cases are caused by drinking alcohol, ...

There are different types of thyroid cancer, which include papillary, follicular, medullary, anaplastic, and oncocytic. Types of thyroid cancer can develop, grow, and spread in different ways, which ...

A new study found that women’s risk for lung, uterine, or other cancers is only slightly higher for breast cancer survivors compared with the general population. Among breast cancer survivors, the ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered distinct gut microbiome patterns in adults 50 or younger with colorectal and breast cancers compared with those diagnosed later in life—one of several findings ...

Millions of new cancer cases around the world may be caused by infections that are either treatable or preventable, ...