What if a computer could read a patient's medical notes and help doctors determine important information for their treatments? At MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, researchers led by Jihad Obeid, M.D., and ...

New federal guidance is expanding testing for cervical cancer with a self-collection method. Dr. Mara Gordon speaks to NPR about why this option might become popular for screening for HPV.

Irene Blair was expected to have another six to eight months to live in June, after her pancreatic cancer rapidly advanced to ...

Lung cancer is a killer, claiming the lives of more Americans than any other type of cancer. That’s because it’s often found late, when it has already spread, says Dr. Humberto Choi, a pulmonologist ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Bladder cancer hits men especially hard. The ...

Colon cancer treatment is personalized based on stage, overall health and tumor characteristics. Early detection and accurate ...

Dr. Toma Omofoye says she focuses on being the “best early detector” of breast cancer she can be. As a breast imaging radiologist at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, she ...

Statistics show a clear spike in eight cancers in younger people, but that has brought a debate over whether many cases ever needed to be found. By Gina Kolata The statistics are incontrovertible: ...