Cancer rates in women under 50 are now 82% higher than those of their male counterparts. Cancer rates in young and middle-aged women are rising, surpassing those in men of the same age—most alarmingly in women under 50, whose rates are now 82% higher ...

A new American Cancer Society report reveals deep cancer mortality disparities across the U.S., with rural communities, lower-income adults and Black and American Indian/Alaska Native populations facing significantly higher death rates.

Deaths from cancer have declined by 33% since 1991, averting 4.1 million deaths. However, more people are being diagnosed with cancer than ever before, and at an earlier age, according to a major new report from the American Cancer Society. Experts say one ...

There has been a rapid increase in the global number of cancer cases and deaths between 1990 and 2023, despite advances in cancer treatment and efforts to tackle cancer risk factors over that same time period. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci ...

Scientists discovered that certain cancer cells use a low-level activation of a DNA-dismantling enzyme—normally seen in cell death—to survive treatment. Instead of dying, these “persister cells” leverage this sublethal signal to regrow.

Pat Finn died at 60 in Los Angeles after battling cancer, where he is survived by wife Donna and their three children