Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study from the American Cancer Society is shedding light on cancer mortality rates among young people — and the one type of ...

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Experts say there is a lack of diversity in patients in medical research, meaning understanding specifics within certain groups is limited. A new report out from the American Association for Cancer ...

People who have received a cancer diagnosis are living longer than ever, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS). Decades of cancer research have led to more effective ...

A new study found that breast cancer deaths are increasingly affecting younger women, while survival rates have improved ...

Cancer statistics have reached new heights — in good and not-so-good ways. The American Cancer Society (ACS) released its annual report on cancer trends this week, showing for the first time that more ...

A study published today in JAMA found that cancer mortality rates among young people have decreased across nearly all types of the disease. The number of deaths from colorectal cancer, though, is ...

Childhood cancer survival rates have now reached 80 to 85 per cent, with early diagnosis and advanced treatments dramatically ...

Colorectal cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for adults under 50. Nearly 30% of Kentuckians aged 45 and older are ...

While advanced therapies have nearly halved cancer death rate, low screening rates and late detection hold the city back In the first of a six-part Health Matters wellness series on cancer in Hong ...

The drug daraxonrasib nearly doubled the overall survival rates of pancreatic cancer patients. Here's how it works and who ...