Her new doctor immediately took action, performing a series of tests and soon discovering what others had missed: Avi had ...

Some treatments for rheumatoid arthritis could increase cancer risk. One reason is because some cells in our immune system ...

The purpose of these estimates is to inform state and local cancer care organizations and providers, patient support programs and educators, advocates, and researchers so they can allocate resources ...

Many people can have polyps and, like Andy, have no symptoms. A polyp can take as many as 10 to 15 years to develop into cancer. Experts are not sure exactly how or why colorectal polyps grow or what ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States, except for skin cancers. It accounts for about 30% (or 1 in 3) of all new female cancers each year. The American Cancer Society's ...

Cancer Facts & Figures 2023 is an educational companion for Cancer Statistics 2023, a scientific paper published in the American Cancer Society journal, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. These ...

Chemotherapy along with radiation therapy is an effective treatment for some cervical cancers. Learn about different chemo drugs and possible side effects.

To close out Men’s Health Month, the Cancer Connections team sat down with Dr. William Dahut, the American Cancer Society’s ...

The Cancer Research for High School Program is part of the American Cancer Society Center for Innovation in Cancer Research ...

When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, was signed into law on March 23, 2010, it was a historic moment — in fact, it was the biggest change to US health care since ...

2024—First Year the US Expects More than 2M New Cases of Cancer The American Cancer Society reports lower overall cancer death rates, yet incidence is increasing for many common cancers, including 6 ...

New 2022 cancer facts and figures show overall improvement, with new milestones for early detection of lung cancer, but with slowing progress for prostate and breast cancer.