Cancer

A test for abnormal fetal chromosomes can also detect maternal cancers—and physicians are struggling to incorporate that knowledge into routine care

A colonoscopy can save your life, but misinformation keeps many people from getting one. A gastroenterologist sets the record straight.

Women with African ancestry have often been left out of breast cancer studies. Now scientists are catching up

Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care

The Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of the dye Red No. 3 in all food and ingested drugs. Here’s what foods and drugs contain the coloring, and how it compares with Red No. 40 and other artificial dyes

A new study suggests certain lipids, particularly omega-6 fatty acids, which are commonly found in seed oils used to make ultraprocessed junk food, may promote inflammation that can lead to colon cancer tumors

When chemist Dora Richardson’s employer decided to terminate the breast cancer research on the drug Tamoxifen in the early 1970s, she and her colleagues continued the work in secret.

A looming and poorly regulated PFAS threat comes from these chemicals’ common use in pesticides on farms nationwide

Do you think you are too young to get screened for cancer? Think again. It might save your life

From lifesaving cancer treatments and frog “spas” to a view of the cosmos from your own backyard, science can keep you going through the long, hot days of summer

Researchers are investigating changes in cancer risks among young people as new data predict that rising rates of leading cancers, such as colon cancer, will overtake improvements

False cures and dangerous misinformation, from the misguided to the exploitative, surround cancer patients, with the capacity to do serious harm