For our sixth annual Cancer Health 25, we salute patient advocates for their unwavering efforts to support the cancer community. To be clear, our Cancer Health 25 is not a “best of” list or a “most ...

Colon and rectal cancer: The USPSTF recommends colorectal cancer screening for adults ages 45 to 75 at average risk. People at increased risk may benefit from earlier screening. Options include a ...

As their first-line treatment, people with HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer often receive hormone therapy—most commonly an aromatase inhibitor—given in combination with a CDK4/6 ...

Combining standard adjuvant chemotherapy with the immune checkpoint inhibitor atezolizumab [Tecentriq] leads to a significant improvement in disease-free survival in a subset of patients with Stage ...

Overall, people who used GLP-1 agonists had a 7% lower risk of developing obesity-related cancers than those who used DPP-4 inhibitors. The effect was more pronounced for women, who had an 8% lower ...

A division at FDA that helped millions of Americans get faster access to low-cost generic prescription drugs; A team at CDC that supported states responding to environmental health threats like ...

Many men will have options for fathering children after cancer treatment. These may include banking sperm and freezing testicular tissue prior to treatment. Saving testicular tissue can potentially ...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer (after skin cancer) and the second leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States. Treatment for medium- to high-risk prostate cancer—meaning it ...

For two years, starting in 2015, Row experienced extremely painful and consistent heartburn. Various gastroenterologists she met with advised her to take heartburn medicine and alter her diet Row ...

My PSA was 3.95 ng/mL, and my internist was growing jittery. So he referred me to a urologist, who conducted a needle biopsy during which he poked my anesthetized prostate 14 times to remove tiny ...

I found an oncologist at the Mayo Clinic [in Rochester, Minnesota] who specializes in CLL. Initial blood tests suggested a less than 20% chance that I would need treatment in the next five years and ...

Along with claiming the lives of 1.2 million Americans, the COVID-19 pandemic has been described as a mass disabling event. Hayes is one of millions of Americans who suffer from long COVID. Depending ...