New research on more than 100 cancer risk factors suggests that simple life changes can help prevent cancer or spot it early ...

Researchers say it could eventually work alongside existing treatments, or even help stop infections before they start.

New findings suggest that melanoma does not behave uniformly across the lifespan, with immune defenses and tumor activity ...

Mounting evidence has linked alcohol to higher risks of cancer but many people aren't aware. New findings suggest labels that ...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most dire diagnoses in medicine. There are few available treatments, and they do little to ...

Breast cancer surgeons have tended not to push patients towards bilateral mastectomy, since data have long shown that the complete removal of both breasts doesn’t improve survival. New data from a ...

Less than 1 percent of cancers start in the heart, and disease that begins elsewhere seldom spreads to the blood-pumping ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

Every cancer diagnosis begins a deeply personal journey, one shaped by both the disease itself and the individual. Cancer ...

Prescriptions for the anti-parasite medication ivermectin doubled in the months following an endorsement by a celebrity ...

Earlier this year, Juanita Thomas, 63, went to her local Department of Motor Vehicles to register a car. For Thomas — a retired housekeeper, mom, grandmother and great-grandmother in Omaha, Nebraska — ...

Share on Pinterest Chemicals in cigarette smoke may promote the growth and spread of tumors in pancreatic cancer, a new mouse study shows. Bob Thomas/Getty Images Prior research has linked smoking to ...