Patients who received Mohs surgery to treat the most serious form of skin cancer, melanoma, reported a 95 percent long-term satisfaction rate with their results, according to a new study... more

In 2018, 1.7 million people died from lung cancer worldwide, a number equivalent to the population of Barcelona. The high mortality rate of lung cancer reflects the need... more

Patients who received Mohs surgery to treat the most serious form of skin cancer, melanoma, reported a 95 percent long-term satisfaction rate with their results, according to a new study. more

A groundbreaking tumor-highlighting technology -- OTL38 -- enhances the visualization of lung cancer tissue, providing surgeons with a significantly better chance of finding and removing more... more

Researchers are reporting the largest-ever one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, and they are crediting advances in lung-tumor treatments more

Researchers are reporting the largest-ever one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, and they are crediting advances in lung-tumor treatments more

In this prospective study, a pan-pathogen microarray was used to determine the virome of early stage, p16-positive OPSCC and neck metastasis treated... more

A groundbreaking tumor-highlighting technology- OTL38- enhances the visualization of lung cancer tissue, providing surgeons with a significantly better chance of finding and removing more... more

The cancer death rate declined by 29% from 1991 to 2017, including a 2.2% drop from 2016 to 2017, the largest single-year drop in cancer mortality... more

For adult patients with brainstem high-grade gliomas -- one of the rarest and deadliest forms of brain cancer -- surgically removing the... more

The most important factor predicting the survival of pancreatic cancer patients is whether the cancer can be surgically removed (whether the cancer is "resectable"). more

Researchers in the United States have conducted a study investigating whether a telephone-based interventional program encouraging an increased intake of vegetables would slow disease progression among... more

An inexpensive program to help surgery patients get physically and mentally ready for their upcoming operation may help reduce overall costs and get them home faster, according to... more

A new study indicates that there are opportunities to improve the quality of care for patients on dialysis who experience... more

An inexpensive program to help surgery patients get physically and mentally ready for their upcoming operation may help reduce overall costs and... more

Preterm birth occurs before 37 weeks of gestation and has been tied to many complications in the infant. In Canada, the rate... more

New research indicates that there is a higher risk of early death among patients with oropharynx cancer when not caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), than those... more

Virtual Reality during chemotherapy has been shown to improve breast cancer patients' quality of life during the most stressful treatments, according to... more

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will create the Chen-Huang Center for EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) Mutant Lung Cancers to stimulate research, promote clinical trials, and... more

The Cancer Genetics Group of the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, led by Montse Sánchez-Céspedes, together with Luis Montuenga from CIMA, and Enriqueta Felip from Vall d'Hebron Hospital,... more

Changes in the lung microbiome may help predict how well critically ill patients will respond to care, according to new research published online in the American... more

Despite research showing that aggressive treatment with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation can extend the lives of and even cure patients... more

An emerging cancer therapy could someday shorten the time patients spend in treatment and improve their overall outcomes. more

A randomized clinical trial showed that combining Vitamin C and thiamine with standard steroid hydrocortisone did not improve the time... more

In 1972, I survived breast cancer only to receive a diagnosis of stage 4 ovarian cancer in the following decade. This is my story. more

A protein naturally produced in the body has been found to suppress breast cancer metastasis in animal models of human tumors. Researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine also found that high levels of... more

An Oregon teenager who was taken out of state by her mother to avoid surgery for a rare type of liver cancer has had the operation... more

A specialized Lung Rescue Team established by clinicians at Massachusetts General Hospital to evaluate and treat patients with... more

A new study shows that smoking tobacco puts you at a greatly increased risk for complications after surgery. This includes heart and lung damage, poor wound healing and a higher chance of... more

A new study that analyses the outcomes of many thousands of patients who had bariatric surgery reports that repeat hospitalization is much more likely with those... more