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Jennifer Frederick didn't understand why she had a growing lump under her skin. A doctor returned a devastating diagnosis.
Researchers say they have found a "powerful double weapon" that could help cancer patients keep their hair during chemotherapy. The new method combines scalp cooling - where patients use cold caps ...
Neurons often receive organelles called mitochondria from other cells. It emerges that neurons donate mitochondria that support cancer-cell spread.
Cancer cells get power boost by stealing mitochondria from nerves The theft probably helps the cells to spread around the body, and preventing it could provide a path to treatment, researchers say.
Dermatologists share skin cancer myths to stop believing now. From the truth about tanning beds to the severity of skin cancers, here’s what to know.
His custom cancer therapy is in an NIH freezer. He may not get it in time. How a metastatic cancer patient became collateral damage in federal workforce cuts.
The benefit of the addition of perioperative pembrolizumab to standard care with surgery and adjuvant therapy for patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is unc ...
Gen X, millennials are about three times more likely than their parents to be diagnosed with appendix cancer, study finds ...
The factor most associated with cancer is unavoidable: aging. Older adults with cancer benefit from a geriatric assessment before making treatment decisions, but this is still not routine care.
With rising cancer rates, we need more good news, and the latest finding that cancer interacts with the nervous system means cheap and readily available drugs could help ...
Inflammation fuels the high rate of cancer in people over 50, researchers find, leading them to test anti-inflammatories like allergy drugs to fight it.