Here's a growing list of the approved hormone therapies, immunotherapies and targeted therapies for treating cancer. Click on any of the drugs for more info on dosing, side effects and drug ...

Mental health screenings during and after cancer treatment are increasingly becoming the standard of care.

People who are overweight or obese are at higher risk for at least 13 different types of cancer, which together make up about 40 percent of all cancer diagnoses in the United States, according to the ...

Women who’ve had breast cancer surgery were once told not to exercise strenuously to avoid lymphedema. That was the opposite of the truth.

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 ...

Do people with darker skin really need to use sunscreen? Absolutely, say skin care experts at the University of California in a recent press piece debunking the myth that people of color aren’t at ...

Edward Ratner has lived with chronic lymphocytic leukemia for a decade. Here, the Minneapolis doctor shares his rules for success.

Accusations circulating in certain media outlets that the Biden Cancer Initiative raised money for salaries and conferences but did not dispense grants are rooted in a basic misunderstanding of the ...

A high-fiber diet may help checkpoint medications work better—but probiotic supplements could interfere with response.

Radiation therapy refers to the use of targeted radiation in the form of X-rays, gamma rays, electron beams, proton beams or radioactive substances to damage the DNA of rapidly dividing cancer cells, ...

A new study published in the journal Lancet Oncology quantifies that global cancer burden. Researchers with the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) estimated ...

The amount of nonprofit funding for different types of cancer has little correlation with how common the cancers are or how many people they kill, according to a recent study by researchers at ...