She considers herself lucky. She happened to find a doctor who immediately did a biopsy and sent her sample to a lab that likely didn’t have much else to investigate during the pandemic. Whoever her ...

National Cancer Institute/Unsplash The terms tumour and cancer can refer to different types of lumps and bumps. But the terms ...

The claim quickly went viral on Facebook. YES Network denies rumors that Paul O’Neill has cancer, calling them false. A fake social media post gained significant attention, including a fabricated ...

Lung nodules are clusters of cells found during an x-ray or CT scan that appear as more dense or white spots in the lungs. They might surprise you because lung nodules generally do not cause symptoms, ...

Dr. Anjana Pillai explains that staging liver cancer involves assessing tumor size, spread, and vessel involvement to guide treatment. Dr. Anjana Pillai, professor of medicine, as well as surgery, and ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Iowa's age-adjusted rate of new cancer cases is second in the U.S., behind only Kentucky. Iowa is also one of just two states where the rate of new cancer cases is rising. Not every form of cancer is ...

The resilience of cancer patients is underscored by their ability to endure challenging treatments and achieve unexpected longevity. Recent cuts in cancer research funding have created a sense of ...

A new study found that women’s risk for lung, uterine, or other cancers is only slightly higher for breast cancer survivors compared with the general population. Among breast cancer survivors, the ...

Jonny Terrell was a healthy, happy baby — but a month before his first birthday, he came down with an infection. Days later, he was vomiting. Over the next few weeks, mom Emily Robichau took him to ...

A neoplasm is an abnormal growth of cells in the body. It happens when the body’s normal process of making and replacing cells doesn’t work as it should. When a neoplasm forms into an abnormal growth, ...