Breast cancer is categorized into five stages that represent the tumor's size and spread and provide a clear path for the ...

Having dense breast tissue is one of the biggest risk factors for breast cancer, and it's something most women have never ...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men after skin cancer, with approximately 1 in 8 men diagnosed in their ...

Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...

Stage 1 oral cavity cancer is characterized by small, localized tumors with high survival rates, often detected early through routine exams. Diagnosis involves oral exams, biopsies, and imaging to ...

Five-year cancer survival rates for each stage of cancer is lower in nonmetropolitan areas for Black and White individuals in the US.

Colon cancer recurrence risk falls below 0.5% at 6 years post-surgery, offering a practical benchmark for defining cure, according to new research.

A millennial woman was devastated after being diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer at just 31, but she never could have imagined that her diagnosis would progress to stage 4 three months later. In ...

The initial treatment for all testicular cancer is the radical inguinal orchiectomy. After this surgery, stage 1 patients have three main approaches for managing the low risk of recurrence. The best ...

A fast-rising form of breast cancer that's harder to detect on mammograms now makes up more than one in ten cases in the U.S.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health doubled its rate of early-stage lung cancer diagnoses after implementing an AI-powered tracking tool within its Epic EHR. The tool has led to more than 70% of ...