Cambridge researchers found that aspirin may help the immune system stop cancer from spreading. It works by turning off a signal that usually quiets down immune cells, giving them the power to destroy ...

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Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in the United States, but each year it claims more than 50,000 lives – in part because early symptoms can be mild and easily missed. "Colon cancer ...

One large study found that more advanced cases of colorectal cancer had a higher likelihood of returning. For example, if participants had stage 3 colon cancer, almost 25 percent experienced a ...

This year more than 2 million people in the U.S. are expected to be told that they have cancer.It’s not news anyone wants to hear, which is why cancer prevention is such an important discussion. There ...

As National Cancer Prevention Month highlights ways to reduce risk, Duke researchers study cancer’s origins, immune defenses and early detection Cancer is often described as a genetic roll of the dice ...

Cancer screening can feel like a rite of passage as we get older: skin cancer checks in your late 30s, a mammogram at age 40, a colonoscopy at age 45. However, as young cancer cases have skyrocketed, ...

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have shown for the first time that it’s possible to detect dormant cancer cells in breast cancer survivors and eliminate them with repurposed drugs, ...

To the editor: This is just one more article about a study that fails to report and inform women on statistically significant ways to reduce their risk of breast cancer (“When should you get a ...

Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind how aspirin could reduce the metastasis of some cancers by stimulating the immune system. In the study, published in Nature, the scientists say that ...