#cancer risk

People with mutations that lead to excessively long chromosome tips, or telomeres, may be at increased risk for a range of cancers.

GLP-1 analog medications improved the functionality of cancer-fighting natural killer cells.

May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month. Experts emphasize asking your health care provider about anything that doesn’t seem right.

Accelerated progress is needed to achieve Cancer Moonshot goal of cutting the age-adjusted cancer death rate by at least 50% over 25 years.

Several head and neck cancers were included among conditions presumed to be caused by exposure to toxic substances, including burn pits.

More than a third of people with predisposition genes for breast, ovarian or colon cancer would not have qualified for genetic screening.

A CDC report takes a closer look at cancer distribution among populations often grouped together despite their diversity.

Jill Litt, PhD, led research demonstrating that participation in community gardening is associated with decreased cancer risk.

New researcher shows how unnatural disasters linked to climate change can increase the risk of cancer and affect cancer care.

Mostly Black communities live among the chemical plants of the Louisiana parish, where cancer risk is seven times the national average.

People who consumed highly processed food had a greater risk for ovarian and brain cancers and higher cancer mortality.

In the trial, immune checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab was given for a maximum of 1 year.

A Q&A with University of California, San Francisco’s Karla Kerlikowske, MD, about cancer, obesity, breast density, inflammation and more

All alcoholic drinks—even wine—are carcinogenic.

People who regularly used vitamin D supplements were about half as likely to develop melanoma.

More participants were aware of the cancer risks from hard liquor and beer than about the risk from wine.