The American Cancer Society awarded 14 new Discovery Boost grants and 4 new Mission Boost grants across 17 institutions this ...

Thirty-eight new postdoctoral fellowships and two Clinician Scientist Development Grants have been awarded by the American ...

Bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery) is one of the options available to some people to help with excess body weight.

Getting support from a weight loss counselor or therapist can help people lose weight. Intensive behavioral therapy (IBT) ...

The day a person hears the words, "you have cancer," can feel like the world stops turning. But for Roy S. Johnson, a ...

Weight-loss drugs (or medicines) are one of the options available for people who want help with weight loss. They work in ...

Ovarian cancer doesn’t have a single known cause, but several factors can raise or lower your risk. If you have a family history of ovarian cancer or an inherited gene mutation such as BRCA1 or BRCA2, ...

Although the AJCC (TNM) staging system (see Liver Cancer Stages) is often used to describe the spread of a liver cancer, doctors use more practical system to determine a person’s treatment options: ...

If you’ve been treated for prostate cancer and your prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood level or another test shows that your prostate cancer has not been cured or has come back (recurred), further ...

If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer and are considering breast reconstruction, it’s important to find out as much as you can about what to expect. Your breast surgeon can help you find a ...