#National Cancer Institute

A cancer therapy that delivers radiation directly to cancer cells may represent the newest advance in the treatment of prostate cancer.

But incidence rates continue to increase in women, children and adolescents and young adults, the Annual Report to the Nation finds.

People diagnosed with advanced melanoma may soon have a new treatment option that combines two immunotherapy drugs.

A combination of two targeted therapies led to long-lasting remission in a small study of patients with hairy cell leukemia.

More radical hysterectomies in women with early-stage cervical cancer are being performed by “open” surgery.

The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted key health services for children and adolescents, including HPV vaccination for cancer prevention.

Researchers appear to have uncovered a previously unknown check on dividing cells.

The new findings are an important first step in moving toward using even less radiation to treat high-risk pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma.

Text messaging and mailing people free, at-home test kits can help boost the number of people who get screened for colorectal cancer.

The test could help patients with ER-positive breast cancer avoid months of ineffective treatment during which their disease may progress.

The new study showed that results for Black women on the breast cancer test Oncotype DX may be inaccurate.

People who have had COVID-19 appear to be protected against reinfection for at least a few months.

“This is the fight of our lives, and we will never stop working to end this disease,” the first lady told the National Cancer Institute.

The National Cancer Institute discusses the progress of the Cancer Moonshot to accelerate cancer research.

People who have had evidence of a prior infection appear to have some degree of protection against being reinfected with the virus.

The nanoparticles led to more cancer-killing immune cells and slowed the growth of melanoma in mice.