Kelly Bolton St. Louis, Missouri To help prevent blood cancers, Kelly Bolton, MD, PhD, an oncologist and epidemiologist at the University of Washington Medical School, is leading clinical trials for ...

People who are overweight or obese are at higher risk for at least 13 different types of cancer, which together make up about 40 percent of all cancer diagnoses in the United States, according to the ...

President Joe Biden Washington, DC As vice president in 2016, Joe Biden launched the federal Cancer Moonshot initiative. As president, he supercharged the program that aims “to cut the cancer death ...

Accurate classification of breast cancer receptor status can help guide treatment decisions, making more patients eligible for HER2 targeted therapies.

Chemotherapy doesn’t just kill cancer cells. It also affects the microbes in the digestive tract. Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered that some gut bacteria can reduce the side effects of ...

Researchers use CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool on tumor cells grown in mice to better model how tumors that initially respond to chemotherapy become resistant.

Scott Capozza, PT, a physical therapist at Smilow Cancer Center who is board-certified in oncology, was a competitive runner when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer 25 years ago at age 22. He ran ...

Adding inavolisib to palbociclib and fulvestrant improved overall survival for people with previously treated PIK3CA-mutated HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

Alcohol use, including light or moderate drinking, raises the risk of several types of cancer, according to a statement released last week by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the ...

A healthy gut microbiome—the community of microbes in the intestines—may play an important role in influencing the effectiveness of immune-based cancer treatment, according to recent research. People ...

We’re all familiar with vaccines that prime the immune system to prevent infections. But What if a similar approach could be used to fight cancer?

As part of a cutting-edge study aimed at restoring fertility in young male cancer survivors, a 26-year-old man who had childhood cancer has received the first known transplant of sperm-producing stem ...