Since last summer, the Virginia Department of Health has been investigating a potential pediatric cancer cluster in Southwest Virginia. On Wednesday, the agency announced it determined...
In the future, cancer treatment might come from outer space. According to the Cancer Research Institute, immunotherapy drugs, which supercharge the body’s immune system to target...
Knowledge is power. Bone cancer Bone cancer is a malignant tumor that destroys bone tissue or cartilage and can spread to other body parts. Cancer that...
WASHINGTON — Hoping to channel the momentum that led scientists to land Americans on the moon more than 50 years ago, President Joe Biden doubled down...
Is it true that your risk of cancer increases when you eat meat grilled on the barbecue? Here’s what you need to know. The facts Eating...
Why obesity increases your cancer risk April is National Cancer Control Month, a time to focus on cancer prevention and treatment. One of the best ways...
The American Cancer Society (ACS) and Sleep Number Corporation announce a landmark partnership to embark upon foundational sleep research to inform the first-ever sleep guidelines for cancer. Over...
Women have options to reduce of risk of ovarian cancer through lifestyle and awareness. According to the National Institutes of Health, epithelial ovarian cancer is the...
April is Cancer Control Month and a time for people to reflect on how cancer impacts their lives and communities. Last year, approximately 1.8 million Americans...
The American Cancer Society has updated its guideline for diet and physical activity for cancer prevention, with adjustments to reflect the most current evidence. The updated...
Cancer patients who live alone may have trouble keeping up with treatments, picking up medication from the drugstore or simply staying on top of meal...
A cancer diagnosis puts an immense psychological strain on the afflicted individual and their loved ones. One of the main sources of distress is often...
Cancer Control Month takes place every year in April, and the occasion serves as an opportunity to take note of the fact that cancer screening...
Our daily lives have changed due to the new coronavirus disease, called COVID-19, but the mission of the American Cancer Society to fight cancer never stops....
It is the second most-common cancer for men, and a cancer that almost always attacks older men: Prostate cancer. According to cancer.net, skin cancer is...
Did you know that cancer is one of the leading causes of death in cats? Or that cats who are exposed to the feline leukemia virus...
Did you know that having one or more alcoholic drinks a day increases your chances of getting cancer? According to the American Cancer Society, regularly having...
Cancer is not a modern disease. Imhotep, a great Egyptian physician, wrote about breast tumors in 2600 BC. Greek historian Herodotus described cancer in 400 BC....
Patients who have a specific kind of cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), have been shown to have better survival rates when they paired immunotherapy drugs...
Increased muscle mass along with decreased levels of excess fat has been shown to help improve the chances of surviving cancer, according to a recent study...
FRONT ROYAL — Two decades before most women get the sobering news that they have Ovarian cancer, Front Royal teacher and author Missi Magalis got the...