Dr. Richard Chamberlain, director of the Laredo Public Health Department, has been appointed to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Prevention Advisory Committee.

Spencer Laird was diagnosed with colon cancer at 26. At 30, he was told it had returned and spread to his lungs, with one tumor the size of a golf ball.

A new study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that prostate cancer patients with low testosterone levels may have a higher risk of cancer progressing to a ...

Cooper University Health Care is a leading academic health system with more than 8,500 employees and more than 800 employed ...

John Tesh shared an update on his 10-year cancer journey in a new interview, saying he's 'still fighting it.' In 2015, the former 'Entertainment Tonight' co-host revealed that he had been diagnosed ...

Cancer Center (JICC) has stabilized a U.S. patient with advanced non‑small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and Parkinson's disease ...

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Peter WT Pisters, M.D., president of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, was honored today with the Charles M.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is opening a new colorectal center next week, expanding space for patients with colon, rectal and anal cancers. Doctors say colorectal cancer ...

NYU Langone Health announced on Wednesday that the co-director of its Gastrointestinal Cancer Center is stepping up to lead the Perlmutter Cancer Center, one of the highest-ranked cancer hospitals in ...

Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center has begun offering a newly approved, non-invasive treatment for certain liver tumors, making it one of a limited number of hospitals nationwide to provide the ...