People aged 80 and older with a common type of lymphoma can take a half-dose of chemotherapy and be cured or significantly extend their survivorship with fewer toxic side effects, a new study shows.

The agency’s budget has grown steadily since the 1960s, fueling an industry that creates lifesaving medicines and attracts ...

Siddhartha Mukherjee, oncologist and author of “The Emperor of All Maladies,” asks: What if we change what a tumor can eat?

Forskolin, a plant-derived compound, shows surprising potential against one of the most aggressive forms of leukemia.

The monarch revealed the positive outlook in a recorded message broadcast on British television as part of a campaign to ...

Younger age at diagnosis did not appear to affect outcomes among women with breast cancer who harbor BRCA mutations, ...

Scientists at Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) have made a major discovery about cancer cells. This new understanding could help make chemotherapy work better, reduce side effects, and ...

Chemotherapy (chemo) kills cancer cells, but it can also affect other healthy parts of your body, including your brain.During and after cancer treatment with chemotherapy, up to 75 percent of people ...

Guardant Health is touting the results of a new study showing its Reveal blood test can detect whether chemotherapy is failing months before evidence shows up on regular scans, allowing oncologists to ...

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Nikola Topić has been diagnosed with testicular cancer and is receiving chemotherapy treatment, according to Thunder general manager Sam Presti. Presti told reporters ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than half of women treated for breast cancer experience distress from chemotherapy-induced hair loss.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland woman is turning her fight with cancer into advocacy after undergoing a treatment that helped her keep her hair during chemotherapy. Rossalynn Ripper went through a breast ...