High-fiber diet can protect you from colon cancer
Colon cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the large intestine (colon). The colon is the final part of the digestive tract.
Colon...
Pain in people with cancer: What to know
Cancer itself and the side effects of cancer treatment can sometimes cause pain.
Pain is not something that you have to “put up with.” Controlling...
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...