Dr. Bethany Malone has treated a lot of colorectal cancer patients. The youngest, not counting those with genetic conditions, was 19 years old.Colorectal cancer used to be considered a cancer of older ...

Matthew Herper covers medical innovation — both its promise and its perils. It has been a tough year for medicine. The U.S.

Rare inherited genetic variants significantly increase familial lung cancer risk, offering new targets for early detection.

New research shows that women living near Superfund sites are more likely to develop aggressive and metastatic breast cancers ...

Tatiana Schlossberg, President John F. Kennedy's granddaughter, has died. Here's what to know about acute myeloid leukemia and how it's treated.

Why does cancer sometimes recur even after successful treatment, or why do some bacteria survive despite the use of powerful ...

Doctors are seeing colon cancer in people in their 20s and 30s. New research suggests it starts in infancy.

Q. I’m 76 years old, and I’ve taken an aspirin every day since I was 28 because of arthritis. Although cancer runs in my family on both sides, I’ve never had cancer of any sort. My dad died of ...

A research team at Oregon Health & Science University has discovered a promising new drug combination that may help people with acute myeloid leukemia overcome resistance to one of the most common ...

A new international study led by Prof. Carmit Levy of the Department of Human Genetics and Biochemistry at the Gray Faculty ...

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized cancer therapy by harnessing the body's immune system to target ...

This research team at the LSU AgCenter is racing against extreme weather disasters to advance genetic storage technology and ...