Fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) can dramatically improve cancer treatment, suggest two groundbreaking studies published in ...

There are several different types of radiation therapy. The type that may be recommended for you depends on a variety of factors, such as your cancer, its stage, and your treatment goals. Radiation ...

The rate of young people dying from cancer is dropping across the United States, but death rates from one type of cancer have ...

Cancer survival in the U.S. has climbed to 70%, reflecting major advances in treatment, early detection and personalized care ...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are revolutionizing medical care for diseases that impact millions of Americans and the treatments they develop could alleviate major public health challenges ...

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Discovery increased the number of known variations of the HER2 protein, the target of advanced drugs against the disease, ...

What Are the Different Types of Oral Cancer Surgery? Oral cancer surgery refers to a group of procedures with different jobs: removing cancer, rebuilding areas affected by treatment, or restoring key ...

For almost 60 years, scientists have tried to understand why DNA doesn't replicate wildly and uncontrollably every time a ...

Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...

Patients with severe melanoma who received the treatment were 49% less likely to die or have their cancer return, ...