Luckily, a vast range of skilled and dedicated patient advocates can provide support to people with cancer and their loved ones. They raise funds and awareness, build programs and communities, share ...

Sugar has long been indirectly linked to an increase in cancer risk through obesity. However, a previous study by Yun’s lab challenged that view, showing that even moderate intake of sugary drinks ...

The Food and Drug Administration this month approved Optune Pax, from Novocure—a wearable tumor-treating fields (TTFields) device that uses electric fields to kill cancer cells—for the treatment of ...

“The FDA approval of the first menin inhibitor is a major breakthrough for patients with relapsed or refractory acute leukemia with a KMT2A translocation, a genetic alteration associated with a very ...

NFL icons Bruce Arians, Rob Gronkowski, George Kittle and others have teamed up with global pharmaceutical company Novartis to launch “ Relax, It’s a Blood Test,” a national prostate cancer awareness ...

Zoldonrasib is a novel RAS (ON) tri-complex inhibitor that selectively targets the G12D mutation. Unlike currently approved KRAS G12C-targeted therapies, which lock mutated KRAS in an inactive ...

After adjusting for several factors, they determined that areas with increased precipitation had a higher incidence of all cancers; they also noted that climate zone also significantly affected cancer ...

Treating advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) is associated with similar overall survival time compared with chemotherapy in people with PD-L1–positive ...

Fear and uncertainty After growing up in a small town on Colorado’s Western Slope, Duffy became a teacher, and at age 22 met her husband, Brennan, a fellow teacher. They later moved to the suburbs ...

The researchers focused on enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF), a strain known to secrete a potent toxin that can remodel bacterial communities and promote cancer. When breast cancer cells or ...

Known for “Schitt’s Creek,” “Home Alone” and “Beetlejuice,” Catherine O’Hara died of a pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lungs) caused by rectal cancer.

Karlie Allen, Nathan Begaye and Liliana Mulato Salt Lake City, Utah The Intermountain West region—Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Wyoming—spans a vast area and includes disparate communities, such as ...