Oncologists are struggling with the rising cancer mortality rate among millennial patients. “I think treating people our own age is definitely a trigger for a lot of people,” said Sunita Puri, MD, a palliative care physician and author.

Lung cancer is the third-most common type of cancer and the most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute.

The deadline for announcing how much Medicare lowered drug prices in the first year of negotiation is Sept. 1, just ahead of U.S. elections.

Anemia occurs frequently in patients with cancer, with estimates reaching as high as 90% in those with solid tumors.

There’s a reason so many independent pharmacies have had to close in recent years: pharmacy benefit managers.

Guardant Health (GH.O), opens new tab said its blood test to detect cancer that starts in the colon or rectum got an approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, with the test moving closer toward gaining coverage under the country's Medicare insurance program.

Modifiable risk factors such as smoking were linked to about 40 percent of U.S. adult cancer cases in 2019, according to a recent study led by the American Cancer Society.

Around November, Kivo Health, a telehealth provider of pulmonary rehabilitation services, will need to start warning older patients that their sessions may not be covered by Medicare in the new year.

FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence Project Community will hold the inaugural National Hispanic Family Cancer Awareness Week on September 20-26, 2024.

Pharmacy middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers deny claims that they’re responsible for the inflating cost of medicine.