The researchers found that women assigned to anastrozole were 50 percent less likely to have developed breast cancer compared with women assigned to the placebo.

On February 16, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval of Amtagvi (lifileucel), the first tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, for people with advanced melanoma ...

Anxiety about scans, bloodwork and similar tests is a common experience for many people living with and beyond cancer, but they are finding creative ways to ease its grip.

Hoping to restore his fertility after childhood cancer treatment, a man received the first known transplant of sperm-producing stem cells.

ORLANDO, FL [April 2, 2025] — The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)—an alliance of leading cancer centers—celebrated 30 years of helping people with cancer to live better lives during the ...

A new study suggests that cells preparing to divide can reverse this process and return to a resting state, challenging long-held beliefs about cell division. If interrupted early in their preparation ...

An interview with Lisa Simms Booth, executive director at the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, a Washington, DC–based nonprofit health, education and arts organization.

The “slash, burn and poison” approach to cancer treatment—invasive surgery, powerful radiation and toxic chemotherapy—is getting a rethink. When a person is diagnosed with cancer, the first impulse ...

Regular physical activity—particularly walking—can reduce cancer-related fatigue and improve quality of life for people with colorectal cancer, especially during recovery from treatment. The new ...

In a first, the federal health department recommends at-home self-collection HPV tests that screen for cervical cancer, offering an alternative to getting screened in a doctor’s office. The government ...

With five years of follow-up, first-line lorlatinib reduced the risk of disease progression or death as well as progression of brain metastasis.

Here are the latest new cancer drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration.