Cancer remains one of the most formidable health challenges of our time, affecting millions of Americans across all demographics. However, a troubling pattern has emerged within the Black community, ...

In a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's annual meeting, researchers report encouraging early results from research investigating a potential way to help some cancer ...

In November 2023, Lainie Jones learned she had Stage 1 lung cancer and glioblastoma, an aggressive and potentially deadly type of brain tumor. For most people, being diagnosed with two different types ...

Bladder cancer is mainly urothelial carcinoma, with non-muscle-invasive and muscle-invasive types, and smoking as a key risk factor. Diagnosis involves cystoscopy, biopsy, urine cytology, and imaging ...

Cells in the human body accumulate cancer-promoting mutations throughout their lifespan, yet these mutations rarely drive tumour formation. Tumours in a given tissue usually originate from a specific ...

Stomach cancer—or gastric cancer—occurs when cells in the lining of the stomach wall mutate and grow uncontrollably. The stomach wall has five layers, and different types of stomach cancer are often ...

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 ...