#cancer research

Oncogenic mutations are common, and vary in different tissue types, before people develop cancer.

Lauded actor, activist and rap artist Common stars in a PSA to raise awareness about lung cancer research and clinical trials.

More than half of the therapies in positive industry-sponsored Phase III trials don’t help people with cancer live longer.

Collins has led the NIH under three presidents over more than 12 years.

Common, Brittany Howard, Sofia Vergara and others set to appear in the Stand Up To Cancer’s telecast have been deeply affected by cancer.

Heavy drinking was the most carcinogenic, but even one or two drinks a day was associated with a slight increase in cancer risk.

A new study has found that far more ancient Britons developed cancer than previously believed.

Cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s would be the initial focus for the proposed agency within the National Institutes of Health.

The fund will help to develop initiatives to support researchers of color and increase diversity in cancer research and patient care.

Multiple oral sex partners are also linked to oral cancers, but the answer isn’t abstinence—it’s the HPV vaccine.

The FDA-approved test determines both whether prostate cancer has metastasized and where those tumor cells can be found.

The loss of a child appears to be a mortality risk factor for people diagnosed with cancer.

Pregnancy is also associated with better outcomes for breast cancer survivors.

Jamil Rivers, 42, is the board president of METAvivor, a nonprofit breast cancer organization. She is living with metastatic breast cancer.

The report highlights how cancer research is extending and improving lives and includes a special feature on COVID-19 and cancer challenges.

The honeybee’s sting contains a compound that kills hard-to-treat breast cancer cells quickly.