This guide will help you understand how throat cancer is diagnosed and what your diagnosis means. Learning as much as you can may help you feel ready to talk with doctors about your care. The ...

Early reports from a recent study suggest that when it comes to a common cancer treatment, appointment timing may in fact be a very big deal. At a June meeting of the American Society of Clinical ...

People are more likely to get cancer as they age. Dr. Miriam Merad has an unconventional idea of how that might be reversed: using allergy drugs and other seemingly unlikely medications to damp a ...

Radiation therapy works by using high-energy X-rays to kill cancer cells. MSK offers precise radiation therapy that kills throat cancer cells with fewer side effects from radiatio ...

Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in the United States, but each year it claims more than 50,000 lives – in part because early symptoms can be mild and easily missed. “Colon cancer ...

Tongue cancer and floor of mouth cancer can both cause cancerous lesions under your tongue. Surgery is the main treatment. Oral cancers like these can spread quickly, so early diagnosis and treatment ...

"I'm a much better doctor because of everything I've gone through," says Dr. Sue Hwang, 48 Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to PEOPLE for over 20 years. She ...

Former President Joe Biden’s diagnosis of what his office called an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer on Sunday, May 18, is calling attention to a disease that is diagnosed in hundreds of thousands ...

Seattle Storm point guard Erica Wheeler talks about losing her mother to cervical cancer and how she is advocating for more women to get screened.