People who pay more in taxes could be less likely to die from cancer. The link was revealed in a new study published in JAMA Network Open, which aimed to explore how state-level tax revenue ...

Talk about a pain in the butt. The number of anal cancer cases in the US is rising, and a new study suggests the typical patient profile is changing. Researchers say the findings challenge ...

Jeffrey MacKeigan receives funding from NIH National Cancer Institute. He has consulting agreements with Merck and scholarly activity with the Translational Genomics Research Institute and the Van ...

Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable. Today, she is healthy and cancer-free — and she says a last-resort clinical trial saved her life. Dimery, who lives in ...

And yet, when he recently toured the new Hartford HealthCare Fairfield Cancer Center, created as a Care Partner of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Flaks said about it, “it really is ...

You’ve probably heard of the four stages of cancer—but there’s another even earlier stage that experts say can make a huge difference in treating the disease. Breast cancer is one of the few ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Glioblastoma is a form of brain cancer that starts as a growth of cells in the brain or spinal cord, according to the Mayo Clinic.

After a blood test during her annual physical uncovered low hemoglobin levels, she underwent numerous tests and learned she had Stage 3 colorectal cancer. “They found a softball- and golf ball ...

Rising colon cancer rates among young people may be linked to early-life exposure to colibactin, a DNA-damaging toxin from certain E. coli strains favored by processed diets.

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations.

Michael Bolton is opening up about his battle with brain cancer. The singer, 72, spoke to People magazine about his diagnosis of glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Bolton was ...

In a new study, the researchers tied FaceAge results to health outcomes in people with cancer: When FaceAge estimated a younger age than a cancer patient's chronological age, the patient did ...