It’s cancer that starts in your lungs and can spread to other parts of your body. Although it’s the top cause of cancer deaths for U.S. men and women, it’s also one of the most preventable kinds, by ...

A woman receiving an IV at the hospital. This article is part of an ongoing series on novel cancer advances, including immunotherapies such as CAR T therapy and checkpoint inhibitors. Future ...

Last week, Health Affairs published three interviews [one-week free access] that I conducted with leading cancer oncologists. As Donald Kennedy, editor-in-chief of Science, and I wrote in an ...

As the days lengthen so does the amount of sunlight that is falling upon us as we undertake our daily work and life routines. Most recently I spent over 3 hours working in the Southwood Community ...

Lung cancer cells use antioxidants, endogenous or dietary, to spread in the body by activating a protein called BACH1 and increasing the uptake and use of sugar, researchers report in two independent ...

Somatic mutations have long been implicated in aging and disease, but their impact on fitness and function is difficult to assess. Here by analysing human cancer genomes we identify mutational ...

Basic scientist Dr. Wenying Shou’s parents were both treated for — and cured of — their cancers. The similarities end there. If you ask biologist Dr. Wenying Shou about her favorite moment in her lab, ...

The Basix Six is an organization with a unique backstory and a few helping hands. The nonprofit is dedicated to helping women keep up with their appearance while battling cancer. The nonprofit was ...

Zyta Piegari has been "battling [cancer] for 28 years” and the Jamesport resident is now being treated for metastatic breast cancer. "My hair is growing a little," she said Tuesday as she awaited a ...

Investigators report that a single-session sleep education program for survivors can cure insomnia in many participants, and that those who don't benefit from this approach are often helped by a more ...

Pancreatic cancer cells use a normal waste removal process to hide tags on their surfaces that would otherwise let the immune system destroy them, a new study finds. Published online April 22 in ...