A better blood test for cancer
In a new study from MIT and Harvard, researchers have developed a new method to identify thousands of DNA mutations accurately and efficiently in...
Big risk factors for liver cancer you need to know
Avoiding risk factors and increasing protective factors may help prevent cancer.
Avoiding cancer risk factors may help prevent certain cancers. Risk factors include smoking, being...
This everywhere chemical could increase children’s cancer risk
In a new study from the University of Vermont Cancer Center, researchers found that phthalates, commonly called the “everywhere chemical,” are linked to a...
Scientists find way to increase the longevity of cancer survivors
The overall 5-year relative survival rate for all cancers combined is now 68%, and there are over 16.9 million survivors in the United States....
Scientists find new strategy to treat advanced prostate cancer
In a new study from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, researchers found the oncometabolite role of progesterone in advanced prostate cancer and strategies to...
Four factors that can increase your risk of cancer
Cigarette Smoking and Tobacco Use
Tobacco use is strongly linked to an increased risk for many kinds of cancer. Smoking cigarettes is the leading cause...
Colon cancer is happening younger and younger
The first time Briana Mezuk Ratliff visited a doctor about her gastrointestinal issues, she already had a hunch it might be cancer.
For a while,...
It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a colonoscopy
Among the TV superheroes of the stay-at-home, virtual-care era is a smiling, anthropomorphic box.
The animated character sells a brand of do-it-yourself colon cancer tests.
While...
Egg intake and cancers of the breast, ovary and prostate: What to know
In a study from Harvard University, researchers found a strong link between egg intake and cancer growth in the breast, ovary and prostate.
Previous evidence...
People with cancer do benefit from COVID-19 vaccination
Cancer patients who have compromised immune systems due to their disease or therapy remain at high risk for COVID-19 infection.
It is why this population...