“People with rare cancers face a world without standard treatment roadmaps, clear prognoses, or strong patient support ...

The main risk of photon therapy is unwanted radiation exposure to healthy tissues. However, “advances in photon therapy have ...

"Cancer Statistics for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander People, 2026," is a scientific article published in the American Cancer Society (ACS) journal, Cancer, in the ACS Facts & ...

HPV can be passed from one person to another by intimate skin-to-skin contact. It’s not spread through blood or body fluids. HPV can be spread to someone else even when an infected person has no signs ...

Learn about key statistics for breast cancer in men, including how common it is, who is most affected, and the outlook for those with a diagnosis. Fewer than 1% of breast cancers in the US occur in ...

At the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events, every step counts. Your efforts become tangible support for research, patient services, and advocacy. Thanks in large part ...

As of January 1, 2025, an estimated 18.6 million people in the United States were living with a history of cancer (a group commonly referred to as cancer survivors), and by 2035, that group is ...

Understanding the chemotherapy drugs you’re getting can help you feel more informed and prepared. Knowing the group that the chemo belongs to—and its exact name—can give you helpful context for why ...

Blood in your stool has many possible causes and most are not related to cancer. That’s why it’s important to know what might cause it and what to look for. Most of the time, blood in stool can be ...

Plastic turns up everywhere in modern life for good reason. It’s adaptable, sturdy, and light. Plastic can help make cars safer and keep food fresher for longer. But all that plastic comes with a ...

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, ...

Precancerous cells, also called premalignant cells, are abnormal cells that have changes in how they look or grow. The cells are not cancer, but they show changes that raise the risk of turning into ...