Chemotherapy — often called “chemo” — can be difficult on the body, including the heart. “Cancer therapies can cause a broad ...

Three ways you can help to lower your cancer risk are: 1: Avoid using alcohol and tobacco. Both alcohol and tobacco are known ...

Allana Roach, PhD, MSB, is a senior associate scientist (program manager) for the Clinical and Population Sciences Program in Extramural Discovery Science at the American Cancer Society (ACS). She is ...

Bobbie Parker remembers the moment her life changed forever. It was 1987, not long after she lost her mother, Mary, to pancreatic cancer. Grief-stricken but determined, she sought a way to honor her ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States, except for skin cancers. It accounts for about 30% (or 1 in 3) of all new female cancers each year. The American Cancer Society's ...

A risk factor is anything that increases your chances of getting a disease, such as breast cancer. But having a risk factor, or even many, does not mean that you are sure to get the disease. Certain ...

Targeted drug therapy is directed at proteins on vulvar cancer cells that help them grow, spread, or live longer. Targeted drugs work to destroy cancer cells or slow their growth. They have side ...

There's no way to prevent all nasopharyngeal cancers. But there are things you can do that might help lower your risk. Learn more.

Immunotherapy is the use of medicines to help a person’s immune system better recognize and destroy cancer cells. Many types of immunotherapy are being tested in clinical trials, and some are used to ...