To close out Men’s Health Month, the Cancer Connections team sat down with Dr. William Dahut, the American Cancer Society’s ...

These are just a few of the health benefits of quitting smoking, but there are others, too. Quitting smoking lowers your risk of other cancers over time, including cancers of the stomach, liver, ...

If the air quality is poor, stay inside as much as possible and avoid fireworks.

Steve Drayton, a man living with HIV and a three-time cancer survivor, has dedicated the last 30 years of his life to ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States, except for skin cancers. It accounts for about 30% (or 1 in 3) of all new female cancers each year. The American Cancer Society's ...

The most common approaches to treating acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) in adults are described here. To learn how children with APL are treated, see Treatment of Children With Acute Promyelocytic ...

Move your body. If you’ll be sitting in a plane or a car for hours, be sure to get up and move as often as possible. “Travel, having cancer, and cancer treatments can all increase the risk of blood ...

For instance, survivors with cancers related to obesity often face higher risks for cancer recurrence and death—not just from ...

“Pelvic floor therapy is like physical therapy to strengthen all the muscles and tissues in your pelvis that can become weak ...

Standing at just 5 feet 1 inch tall, Carol Johnson-Cromer is a force of nature, radiating energy, resilience, and an ...

After mesothelioma is diagnosed, the next step is to try to figure out if it has spread, and if so, how far. This process is called staging. The stage of a cancer describes how much cancer is in the ...

When is targeted therapy used? Targeted drugs work differently from standard chemotherapy (chemo) drugs. They sometimes work when chemo drugs don’t, and they often have different side effects. At this ...