Cancer Types

Support groups offer community for people with cancer in a world that doesn’t understand their experience.

by Carly Flumer

Experts weigh in on a recent study appearing to show that colonoscopy had lower-than-expected efficacy for preventing colorectal cancer.

by Pamela Rafalow Grossman

Research has linked highly processed foods like deli meat to a higher risk of colorectal cancer in men.

by Jon Kelvey

Clinical trial results are changing care for people with metastatic breast cancer that expresses low levels of HER2 protein.

by Kris Conner

Adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer often lag behind children and older adults in benefiting from treatment advances and social support.

by Cameron Walker

Survivor Profile

Researcher and esophageal cancer survivor Laurie Betts leans into past lessons learned, including the value of service to others, to get through cancer.

by Lindsey Konkel Neabore

Tumor profiling tests that predict the likelihood of distant recurrence can help some women with early-stage, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer decide on treatments after surgery.

by Kris Conner

Forward Look

New studies probe how to match targeted therapies to children with cancer.

by Stephen Ornes

Forward Look

A magnet-guided robot could help doctors look for signs of cancer deeper in the passages of the lungs.

by Darcy Lewis

Five years after the FDA approved the first CAR T-cell therapy, use of the treatment has expanded to many patients with blood cancer.

by Kendall K. Morgan