The disease entered Linda Adhiambo’s family in 2007 and never left. It has taken her mother, grandmother, aunt and cousins. Now, as she battles breast cancer, she asks: when will this cycle end?

Colorectal cancer is the deadliest cancer in people under 50 and the second deadliest overall in the United States.

A bacterium that infects roughly half the world’s population, often without producing symptoms for decades, may be responsible for the vast majority of stomach cancer cases projected to occur in the ...

Incidental detection has increased with ubiquitous CT/MRI, inflating early-stage ‘small renal mass’ diagnoses and complicating interpretation of a ~5% rise in <50-year incidence. Obesity, hypertension ...

Ludamil Alexandrov, and cancer researcher specializing in linking cancer mutations to environmental influences, will oversee $25 million grant from Cancer Grand Challenges.

An analysis of data from the NCI Cohort Consortium Physical Activity and Cancer work group explored the benefits of recommended activity levels for cancer survivors.

In A Nutshell A new study found that nearly 72 percent of older adults with advanced cancer prioritized quality of life over survival, while only about 1 in 12 said living longer was their top ...

Three medical societies claim recent studies have overestimated the potential harms from lung cancer screening and may be deterring patients. Not everyone agrees.

WACO, Texas - Baylor University researchers have published a novel approach to fight colorectal cancer, using modified bacteria as a courier to deliver potent cancer-killing proteins into tumor cells.

A small red berry grown in south Florida is helping cancer patients reclaim something many lose during treatment: the ability to enjoy food.

This March, join the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (Alliance) and the Alliance Foundation Trials (AFT) in spotlighting colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer-related death in ...

Federal data shows the NIH lost about 4,400 people — more than 20% of its workforce. Scientists say the departures harm the U.S.’ ability to respond to disease outbreaks, develop treatments for ...