Excess body weight—including overweight and obesity—is a significant risk factor for cancer. Research from the American Cancer Society estimates that it contributes to approximately 5 percent of ...

Childhood blood cancer devastates families across South Africa, with survival rates alarmingly low. Discover the challenges ...

Today is International Childhood Cancer Day, a day of campaigning for awareness about cancer in young people. One activist ...

Brice and Amanda Dieter of Jamestown had their figurative worlds upended in October 2023. It was at this time that the ...

International Childhood Cancer Day highlights the challenges faced by cancer survivors in underprivileged countries.

Historically, cancer care largely focused on the fight for survival. Now, thanks to advancements in screening and treatment, many patients are living decades beyond their diagnosis.

As the name suggests, childhood cancer or pediatric cancer refers to cancer that occurs in children under the age of 15.

Was it simply a fluke that he kept treating strikingly young patients? Or was his practice one tiny data point in a larger trend? He found his answer after sifting through national health data: ...

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have announced their newest class of ...

A child’s chances of surviving cancer are largely determined by where they are born,” said James R. Downing, MD, president ...

University of Queensland research using natural killer cells may lead to the first new treatment for a devastating childhood ...

How common is endometrial cancer? In the United States, cancer of the endometrium (the lining of the uterus) is the most common cancer of the female reproductive organs. The American Cancer Society ...