In a cohort of 13,282 patients with cancer, those who quit smoking within 6 months of their index visit showed nearly double the survival rate compared with those who continued smoking. Only 22.1% of ...

People diagnosed with cancer today are almost 50% more likely to survive five years or more than they were 40 years ago. It is only this generation that is familiar with the idea of living a full life ...

More people are surviving cancer than ever before, new data from the American Cancer Society shows. Seventy percent of people diagnosed with cancer now live at least another five years, up from about ...

Over the 40-year history of the University of Colorado Cancer Center, its investigators have answered many questions about cancer—what causes it, how to prevent it, and how to treat it. Those ...

Question: I’m about to turn 40, and I’m nervous about getting my first mammogram. I hear they can be uncomfortable or even painful. Is breast cancer screening really that important? Answer: It can be ...

Colon cancer patients could live longer if they take GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, a new study suggests. Researchers at UC San Diego studied more than 6,800 patients who were taking one of ...

Since the first Breast Cancer Awareness Month initiatives kicked off 40 years ago, major improvements have been made in treating the disease. While the rates of women diagnosed with breast cancer have ...

Cancer treatments have evolved, improving survival rates and quality of life, challenging the notion of cancer as a death sentence. Media and fundraising often portray cancer fatalistically, ...