Here's a growing list of the approved hormone therapies, immunotherapies and targeted therapies for treating cancer. Click on any of the drugs for more info on dosing, side effects and drug ...

While new cancer diagnoses have decreased overall since the 1990s, increases in obesity-related cancers are likely slowing this progress, according to the CDC. About two thirds of U.S. adults and ...

The guidelines recommend a form of low-dose light therapy known as photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy. It has previously been found to be effective in treating pain and in the stimulation of healing in ...

The Biden Initiative had begun to make progress toward those goals before it closed its doors for good. It created the Oncology Clinical Trial Information Commons, a collaboration among nine ...

In Dark Waters, Ruffalo portrays the real-life corporate lawyer Robert Bilott, who in 1998 became an environmental crusader. That year, while visiting his grandmother in West Virgina, Bilott, who ...

What you don’t know and can’t see can cause serious harm. In certain areas of the United States, private industries have created cancer corridors, places where unsuspecting residents breathe air laced ...

Comparing the two data sets, the researchers found that oropharyngeal cancer risk was positively correlated with a younger age at the time of first oral sex, having oral contact the first time they ...

My PSA was 3.95 ng/mL, and my internist was growing jittery. So he referred me to a urologist, who conducted a needle biopsy during which he poked my anesthetized prostate 14 times to remove tiny ...

Many men will have options for fathering children after cancer treatment. These may include banking sperm and freezing testicular tissue prior to treatment. Saving testicular tissue can potentially ...

Sometimes life can be a precarious balancing act. This balance can be disrupted in any number of ways – including the loss of a job or a divorce or a cancer diagnosis. Traumas like this can lead to ...

When you picture someone with Stage IV lung cancer, what comes to mind? For most people, it’s likely to be a frail-looking older man or woman with thinning hair tethered to an oxygen tank and moving ...

Two studies focus on breastfeeding after breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. The studies found it was safe and feasible for young patients carrying specific genetic variations to breastfeed without ...