Cancer myths spread fast, especially when a confident stranger on TikTok sounds more convincing than a quiet doctor in an exam room. Many viral claims about what causes cancer do not match what major ...

Colon cancer and rectal cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is rising among U.S. adults under the age of 50. Here are the symptoms and factors that could increase the risk of developing it.

The 30 controllable risk factors that fuel cancer, researchers identify - Preventable cancer is more common in men than women ...

An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age. The death of actor James Van Der Beek, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2023, at age 48 is bringing the disease ...

Researchers estimate that 7.1 million of the 18.7 million cancer cases diagnosed globally in 2022 were preventable ...

Roughly 37–40% of all new cancer cases in 2022—about 7.1 million—were linked to preventable causes, suggesting major ...

Many of cancer’s effects are visible — but the causes aren’t always so obvious. There are hundreds of different types of cancer, and far more causes. "Cancer-causing agents, known as carcinogens, can ...

Nearly 40% of new cancer cases worldwide are potentially preventable, according to one of the first investigations 1 of its ...

Overall cancer mortality among younger Americans has been declining for years. So why is colorectal cancer going in the opposite direction?

Ovarian cancer spreads fast by recruiting the body’s own protective cells to clear the way—and that secret alliance may finally be its undoing.