A pioneering genetic test is improving early diagnosis and treatment for people with hereditary cancer caused by a genetic condition.

Genetic ancestry may play a key role in how acral melanoma, a rare and aggressive type of skin cancer, develops and behaves, ...

Genetic ancestry may play a key role in how acral melanoma, a rare and aggressive type of skin cancer, develops and behaves, ...

Colon cancer used to carry an unspoken label: older person’s disease. That label no longer fits. Men under 55 now face rising rates of colon cancer, and too many of them lose their lives because they ...

Disney alum Christy Carlson Romano is getting candid about a frightening new health scare. The “Even Stevens” star revealed ...

This approach is called "cancer interception". The idea is simple: target the biological processes that cause cancer long before a tumour ever forms. Researchers are hunting for subtle early warning ...

As is often the case with cancer treatments, many patients are able to benefit from therapy for a time. Tumor activity ...

Two internationally renowned MSK doctors shared their expertise during the event, highlighting how modern oncology is ...

At the moment, publicly funded genetic testing is available only to people with a family history of certain conditions. The other option, going with a private company such as i-screen for a ...

Most men don’t prefer to go for routine screenings for prostate cancer due to fear and embarrassment. There are also myths ...

Genetic modification of viruses has long been used as a strategy to treat and prevent different types of diseases. Specifically, it consists of exploiting certain characteristics of viruses that make ...