Techniques developed by astronomers could help in the fight against breast and skin cancer. Charlie Jeynes at the University of Exeter will present his and Prof Tim Harries team’s work today (3 July) ...

You’re less likely to die of cancer today than you were a generation ago. True, you could’ve said the same thing 20 years ago and 40 years ago. But the gains made against cancer during the first two ...

It has been more than five decades since America declared a “war on cancer.” On some fronts, we’ve made tremendous progress. Cancer deaths are down by more than 30% since 1991. New and better ways of ...

An artificial intelligence-aided program for evaluating images of lung nodules achieved a high rate of cancer detection and substantially reduced the number of false-positive results. (Radiological ...

Both as vice president and again as president, Joe Biden emphasized cancer research more than any modern American political leader. The Democrat’s White House made his cancer “moonshot” a leading ...

I am among some 40% of Americans who are diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetime. However, when taking into account my family and entourage of baby-boomer friends, I reckon that ...

Closing in on its seventh decade of existence, will the War on Cancer survive the Trump administration? (New York Times) The FDA crackdown on direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription drugs ...