A drug that kills cancer cells by puncturing them comes with an additional benefit: tests in mice suggest it reduces the growth of pain-sensing nerves around tumours

Why is colon cancer on the rise? Doctors say that a variety of factors are causing this type of cancer to rise drastically in younger people.

A molecule produced by cancer cells can shield the brain from Alzheimer’s disease in mice. For decades, researchers have noted that cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are rarely found in the same person, fuelling speculation that one condition might offer some degree of protection from the other.

Colorectal cancer has since jumped up from being the fifth-leading cancer death in the early 1990s.

Researchers found an antibody that seems to play a role in people with better lung cancer prognoses, but turning it into a treatment could be difficult.

By Diana Novak Jones Jan 20 (Reuters) - In a victory for thousands of women suing Johnson & Johnson over claims that the company's baby powder and other talc products caused their ovarian cancer, a court-appointed special master recommended on Tuesday that they be allowed to present testimony at trial from experts who support that link.

Universal gene‑edited CAR‑T therapies turn donor T cells into off‑the‑shelf cancer treatments, cutting delays and costs while delivering rapid remissions for hard‑to‑treat patients.

Iowa has the second-highest rate of new cancers in the United States, and rates are rising.