Cancer News & Features

Imagine taking anti-cancer drugs, therapies, or procedures that don’t leave you with side effects like hair loss: This is the future that hydrogels promise.

A new study finds that one-third of the most popular articles on social media about treatment for common cancers contains misinformation -- and most of it can be downright dangerous.

Cyberattacks on healthcare are on the increase, and a recent attack disrupted oncology care across the U.S. after hackers disrupted software involved in radiotherapy.

Social workers are trained to help patients and their families cope with the physical, emotional, and social disruptions of cancer in ways that doctors cannot.

A new study has added more evidence supporting the idea that statins may have a role in the prevention of cancer.

Racial inequities in cancer mortality are not inevitable, even in the race-divided United States. Some areas have successfully equalized the odds for Black patients.

For some people, cancer treatment stops working. When the risks and side effects outweigh the possible benefits, people may choose to stop cancer treatment.

Researchers analyzed data on three types of cancer for which early screenings are most beneficial — breast, colon and prostate.

Loneliness, but not social isolation, was associated with an increased risk of cancer in middle-aged men who were followed for a mean 20 years.

Rankings for the most common cancers, as well as the cancer types responsible for the most deaths, are predicted to change over the next 20 years in the United States.

Some cancers survivors find they have lingering side effects long after treatment is over.

A sudden jump in cancer cases among Americans at age 65 may be due to the fact that many older adults delay care until they have Medicare coverage.

After a sharp drop early in the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of routine breast and colon cancer screening soon returned to near-normal levels, a new study finds.

A new study looks at this aggressive type of cancer and current screening guidelines.

A new study ties an overabundance of nighttime artificial light with an elevated risk of thyroid cancer.

Without accounting for neighborhood inequities, the gap in survival rates between Black and white AML patients narrowed, suggesting that a patient's ZIP code contributed to their chances of surviving the cancer.

Using technology known as CRISPR, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they have successfully blocked a gene that limits the activation of T cells, which help fight cancer.

Researchers say they have used CRISPR, a new technology that allows scientists to edit a cell’s DNA, to destroy cancer cells in mice.

The star of movies such as The Big Lebowski, The Fabulous Baker Boys and  2010’s Crazy Heart, for which he won a Best Actor Oscar, announced his diagnosis via Twitter.

Legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen died of cancer at the age of 65.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Aiden is allowed to have only one parent in the room with him as he’s treated for acute lymphocytic leukemia

The report from Ohio State University projects that nearly 90,000 Americans between 15 and 39 years of age will be diagnosed with cancer this year and more than 9,200 will die.

A second opinion can be a key part of cancer treatment. Find out how fresh input can offer new approaches or confirm you’re on the right track, and when it’s smart to stay put.

More research is needed to confirm the test's accuracy. But these initial results "offer hope," said researcher Kun Zhang, a professor of bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego.

The study found that many drug trials did not include very many diverse patients.