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The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer documents about $16 billion in direct patient costs and $5 billion in lost time.

A growing population of people living with advanced or metastatic cancer has raised questions about the unique needs of these individuals.

Patients with high-risk Stage II melanoma received Keytruda (pembrolizumab) after surgery to remove their original tumor.

Women are four times more likely to be diagnosed with thyroid cancer than men—but most cases are indolent. Is it overtreatment?

For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, the National Cancer Institute’s Director Dr. Ned Sharpless reflects on childhood cancer progress.

Learn how to identify sources of misinformation about cancer—and how to find truly reliable information.

Physical activity may help people avoid “brain fog” while undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer.

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.