Three ways you can help to lower your cancer risk are: 1: Avoid using alcohol and tobacco. Both alcohol and tobacco are known ...

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander people are 75% more likely to die from liver cancer and 2 to 3 times more likely ...

As the luminary ceremony began and candlelit bags glowed in the dark, each carrying the name of a loved one, Zach felt ...

Bobbie Parker remembers the moment her life changed forever. It was 1987, not long after she lost her mother, Mary, to ...

The topic of the special section of Cancer Facts & Figures 2014 is childhood and adolescent cancer. In this section you'll find current information on cancer in children (ages 0 to 14) and adolescents ...

The topic of the special section of Cancer Facts & Figures 2009 is multiple primary cancers. Approximately 880,300 of the 11 million cancer survivors living in the US as of January 1, 2005, had been ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States, except for skin cancers. It accounts for about 30% (or 1 in 3) of all new female cancers each year. The American Cancer Society's ...

You can also browse common side effects below. Make sure to talk to your cancer care team about what side effects you should watch for, and let them know about any symptoms or side effects you have, ...

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The study of cancer, called oncology, is the work of countless doctors and scientists around the world whose discoveries in anatomy, physiology, chemistry, epidemiology, and other related fields made ...

A risk factor is anything that increases your chances of getting a disease, such as breast cancer. But having a risk factor, or even many, does not mean that you are sure to get the disease. Certain ...

Estimated numbers of new cancer cases and deaths in 2020 (In 2020, there will be an estimated 1.8 million new cancer cases diagnosed and 606,520 cancer deaths in the United States.) Current cancer ...