Exercise, healthful diet, no smoking or drinking are correlated with lower risk for cancer even in people with higher risk based on their genetic makeup.
Recently published clinical trial results suggest that combining an investigational antibody therapy with chemotherapy may be an effective strategy for patients with relapsed disease.
Despite progress, the Florida study found that the breast cancer death rate for Black women remained higher than for White women. The disparity gap in breast cancer survival rates between Black and white women...
A study found that the survival advantage for colon cancer patients in the U.S. Military Health System over the general population. The advantage was even greater for Black patients.
Scientists show that a form of DNA damage in colorectal cancer patients is associated with the consumption of red meat but not other foods or lifestyle factors.
They say age is just a number, but when it comes to cancer, getting older substantially increases your risk. Of the estimated 1.9 million cases of cancer diagnosed each year in the United States, approximately 80 percent are diagnosed in those over...
Most adults report inadequate knowledge of palliative care, according to a study published in the AACR journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Cancers of the blood can initiate in a variety of cells, including in white blood cells (giving rise to lymphoma and leukemia) or in plasma cells (giving rise to myeloma). In 2020 alone, there were an estimated 1.3 million new blood cancer cases worldwide, which accounted for more than 5 percent of all cancer diagnoses that...
Stool-based tests were favored over colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening, according to research published in the AACR journal Cancer Prevention Research.
Cancer Survivors are more likely than others to walk slowly or have mobility problems that are also linked to higher risk of death, a study found.
AACR Fellow Lewis C. Cantley, PhD, leads a national effort targeting triple-negative breast cancer and ovarian cancer with a novel drug combination.
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