Scientists pinpointed 80 gene variants, including eight tied to fatty acid metabolism, that may cause breast cancer in some people, new research suggests.

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified 16 genes that breast cancer cells use to survive in the bloodstream after they've escaped the low-oxygen regions of a tumor. Each ...

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James Van Der Beek will strip off to raise awareness for cancer after being diagnosed with the disease.

Canadian researchers have found that about 1 in every 3 people newly diagnosed with cancer experienced at least one em ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday extended the review of Merus NV's gene-targeting cancer therapy to allow ...

Over the past year, you may have heard about an experimental vaccine for pancreatic cancer. The news is good: The ...

Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved three new drugs, as well as a potentially practice-changing ...

The number of cancer deaths worldwide is expected to nearly double by 2050, largely due to increases in low and middle-income countries. Researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia made ...

James Van Der Beek has colorectal cancer – a shocking, scary diagnosis for anyone. And 47 years old is especially young for ...