Reduce your other risk factors. Tobacco and alcohol use are some of the strongest lifestyle risk factors for head and neck cancer. In a recent study, tobacco use increased the risk of developing ...

Some men might also inherit a family cancer syndrome that increases their cancer risk. For instance, Lynch syndrome can put ...

As an Associate Scientist I in Data Analysis within Population Science, Kara Beck, MS, works with American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers and outside collaborators to conduct statistical analyses to ...

But this bump was different. It grew quickly, and within three months, it became a mass half an inch off his skin that started bleeding. Even though he still thought it was harmless, the rapid change ...

As summer approaches, you might be tempted to get a “base tan” before spending serious time in the sun. But there’s no such ...

Consider sunscreen as one part of your overall skin cancer protection plan, year-round, especially if staying in the shade and wearing protective clothing aren’t available as your first options.

For more than 30 years, Suzy Lawrence has been a steadfast advocate for people impacted by cancer. Her journey with the ...

A neoplasm is an abnormal growth of cells in the body. It happens when the body’s normal process of making and replacing cells doesn’t work as it should. When a neoplasm forms into an abnormal growth, ...

Pancreatic cancer is on the rise in the United States, but there's another, less common type called pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET). It's important to know the difference, because these two ...

Early in the morning, after she wakes from anesthesia, a 9-year-old patient in Holtz Children’s Hospital’s oncology unit begins looking for her favorite visitor, Mahi. The golden retriever and ...

Relative Decline in Cancer Death Rates by Age, Race, and Sex, 1991-2022 The y-axis of this graph has 10-year age ranges, after ages 00 to 19, and up to age 80 and older. The percent change in cancer ...

Cancer incidence rises in women and decreases in men. In 2021, rates were 82% higher in women than in men under age 50. Before the text, there is an icon of a man next to a woman who is taller.