It's the top cause of cancer death for men and women combined, a new study says.

A molecule produced by cancer cells can shield the brain from Alzheimer’s disease in mice. For decades, researchers have ...

Fewer people under age 50 are dying from cancer in the U.S., but colorectal cancer mortality rates continue to surge ...

Thousands of people in England will be able to check whether they have genes linked to cancer.

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths among people younger than 50 in the United States, according to a ...

Death rates from colorectal cancer, however, have continued to rise in younger adults, becoming the leading cause of cancer ...

Colorectal cancer has since jumped up from being the fifth-leading cancer death in the early 1990s.

Deaths from the disease are rising while U.S. cancer mortality overall is declining and 70% of Americans survive their ...

Brazilian researchers have found that stellate pancreatic cells produce periostin, which reshapes surrounding tissue and allows tumors to spread more easily, helping explain why the disease is so ...

Patients will be able to find out whether they have genes linked to cancer using a world-leading tool developed by the NHS.

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Jan ...

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