In medicine, doctors are taught to look first for the most common explanations behind symptoms.

In the United States and elsewhere, there’s been a major shift in patients treated for lung cancer.

A growing body of research has linked diet and exercise to cancer risk. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Edward Giovannucci was one of the experts quoted in a Jan. 27 New York Times article on the latest findings.

A new Nature study shows how cancerous tumors help themselves grow by communicating with the brain.

Adults living in rural communities often travel long distances when seeking treatment for cancer, but distant travel may not always be necessary to receive high-quality surgical care, according to a new analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS).

Picture this: At your annual physical with your primary care provider, you also receive a full-body scan and a more extensive panel of bloodwork.

In the United States and elsewhere, there’s been a major shift in patients treated for lung cancer.

Yesterday, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) was joined by 24 other organizations in proposing the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General adopt a new regulatory safe harbor from the Anti-kickback Statute that would allow clinical trial sponsors to financially support patients to offset indirect or non-medical costs associated with clinical trial participation, such as travel, parking and lodging.

American women now have the option of screening for cervical cancer at home, using newly approved self-collection tools.

A new study led by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center found that blood-based DNA markers known as protein epiScores can help predict which colorectal cancer patients face a higher risk of cancer recurrence or death. Results of the study were published in Clinical Epigenetics.