For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our Sophia Thomas takes us along for her doctors’ appointments to help inform yours.

Estimates suggest that one in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer at some point in their life.

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FORMER PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. Biden has been diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer, his office announced The cancer has spread to his bones, as it commonly does in more aggressive forms. It is generally ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Doctors for former President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday that they detected early-stage cancer in skin lesions removed from the 70-year-old politician following his conviction ...

Colon cancer is on the rise among young adults — with more people in their 40s, 30s, and even 20s being diagnosed. In fact, colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men under 50 and the ...

Sometimes, “your feet are the first place where you can see warning signs of things like diabetes or vascular disease or even ...

Some North Carolinians are sounding the alarm about a new law that would make it easier for foreign-trained doctors to treat patients in rural parts of the state. “North Carolina has just approved a ...

Researchers are studying tests called liquid biopsies, which can provide vital information about cancer genes using only a blood sample. A blood test to find cancer even before it shows any symptoms ...

Although Black men die of prostate cancer at twice the rate of the rest of U.S. males, this fact often is not known or considered during appointments with their primary-care clinicians to discuss a ...

Early-stage gynecologic cancer is confined to its original site and often treatable; diagnosis, surgery, and new therapies improve outcomes. Your diagnosis of an early-stage (Stage 1) gynecologic ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...