HRT can also be a concern after treatment. If you’ve been treated for HR+ breast cancer, “There is always some small risk ...

"My parents always drilled that into my head."  So, it was somewhat ironic that it was an unscheduled cancer screening that led to her doctor discovering Danielle had cervical cancer. Danielle was 29 ...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) strongly supports the critical role of vaccination in promoting public health and protecting communities impacted by cancer. Vaccines are an essential part of care ...

A neoplasm is an abnormal growth of cells in the body. It happens when the body’s normal process of making and replacing cells doesn’t work as it should. When a neoplasm forms into an abnormal growth, ...

Several tests can be used to screen for colorectal cancer (see American Cancer Society Guideline for Colorectal Cancer Screening). The most important thing is to get screened, no matter which test you ...

For pancreatic cancer, doctors use the cancer’s stage to discuss survival statistics. However, for discussions on how best to treat pancreatic cancer, that is based on whether the tumor can be ...

Self-collection means swabbing your vagina to get a sample of cells to test in the lab. In this case, the sample is used to ...

Awardees will receive $330,000 grants co-funded by Yosemite and the American Cancer Society to pursue critical cancer research.

Over the last 30 years, the risk of dying from cancer has steadily declined, sparing some 4 million lives in the United States. This downward trend can partially be explained by big wins in smoking ...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) is significantly evolving the guideline about who is considered to have a high risk for developing lung cancer and should get screened for it each year with a ...

About 1 in 8 newly diagnosed cancers worldwide (almost 2.5 million new cases, which is about 12% of all new cases of cancers diagnosed in the world) About 1 in 5 deaths from cancer (about 1.8 million ...

If your doctor has recommended a biopsy to see whether you have cancer, you probably have a lot of questions. You may even be wondering can cancer spread if you do a biopsy? The short answer to this ...