Some oncologists suggest that, for certain early cancers not at risk of spreading, the term “cancer” should be avoided.

The ACS has released cancer statistics for 2025 suggesting that more than 2 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the US this year.

The decline in cancer incidence among men and increase among women has narrowed the male‐to-female cancer incidence rate ratio from a peak of 1.6 in 1992 to 1.1 in 2021. In people aged 50-64 years, ...

The overall average breast cancer incidence rate in the U.S. was 131.8 per 100,000 and the overall average breast cancer mortality rate was 19.3 per 100,000. Among women in the U.S., breast cancer ...