Location has long been a barrier to patient participation in clinical trials.

Children from poor families are less likely to survive cancer, particularly if they are not white, a new study reports.

23andMe, the genetic health and biopharmaceutical company, has partnered with 20 lung cancer advocacy organizations to launch the Lung Cancer Genetics Study.

Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be shocking, overwhelming and comes with a ton of new information — from disease types and stages to new drug names and treatment types.

Breast cancer surgeons have tended not to push patients towards bilateral mastectomy, since data have long shown that the complete removal of both breasts doesn’t improve survival.

The research, published in the journal Frontiers in Cancer Control and Society, found a strong association between the presence of environmental pesticides and several cancers, including leukemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, bladder, lung, and pancreatic cancer.

Hair loss is common among patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy.

Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled “The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Prescription Drug Markets Part III: Transparency and Accountability.”

Receiving a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer or knowing someone who has can be overwhelming, especially when there’s a lot to learn.

The new episode of Tomorrow’s Cure highlights the efforts of research scientists who are equipping a vaccine with bits of proteins that redirect the immune system's efforts to specifically fight cancer.