What causes people with cancer to die?The answer, it turns out, may be much different than the medical community has long ...

A study published in The BMJ linked skipping first and subsequent mammograms to a higher chance of dying from breast cancer.

When I worked on the latest Global Burden of Disease cancer study, a global project that tracks cancer patterns and deaths ...

Early lung cancer screening among people at risk saves lives. Why don't more doctors send patients to get it done?

Early-onset cancers, defined as those that appear before the age of 50, are becoming more prevalent in the United States and ...

Eating a balanced diet can lower your cancer risk and improve your overall health. Replace refined grains, added sugars, and highly processed foods with whole grains, beans, vegetables, and fruits.

Roseana Spangler-Sims, 72, will use California's medical aid in dying (MAID) law to end her life on Sunday. She's sharing her story to raise awareness about the option California resident Roseana ...

Scientists from Sun Yat-sen University found that milk drinking is linked to changes in heart disease and cancer death risks ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Cancer survivors infected with COVID-19 in the early months of the pandemic had a higher risk of dying from dormant cells reawakening, Colorado researchers ...

Imagine you knew you were dying soon. What would matter most to you? How would you change the way you spend your time? How would you reflect on your life? Whom would you want near? These are common ...

Smoking cessation in advanced-stage cancer patients can extend life by about one year, highlighting its importance in cancer ...

When I tell people I’m a hospice physician, the most common response is something along the lines of, “That must be so meaningful—helping elderly people in their final moments.” I nod politely. But ...