Metastasis occurs when cancer cells break away from the original tumor and travel through the bloodstream to form new tumors in other parts of the body. It is the leading cause of cancer-related death ...

Statistics show a clear spike in eight cancers in younger people, but that has brought a debate over whether many cases ever needed to be found. By Gina Kolata The statistics are incontrovertible: ...

Thermal imaging has become wildly accessible, thanks to technological advancements that have made it more affordable than ever. Thermal Master's Thor 002 sits squarely in that sweet spot. And it's ...

Maria Menounos, whose went through surgery in 2017 to remove a meningioma and in 2023 to remove a neuroendocrine cacner of her pancreas,hosts a podcast called the Heal Squad. (Photo: Lemieux Creative ...

Medical imaging, like X-rays and CT scans, are routine, non-invasive and painless tools used by doctors to make diagnoses. But a recent study of about 4 million children published in the New England ...

Cancer continues to be one of the world's top causes of death, partly because of delayed discovery of the disease. But according to a recently released study, a simple blood test may be able to ...

"No cancer signal detected." The blood test results popped up in my online health portal without much fanfare. A doctor would chat about them with me later, congratulating me on the "phew"-worthy ...

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University's College of Engineering, and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University have developed a new method that enhances the ability of ...

Only about 75% of eligible U.S. women schedule regular screenings. When it comes to early detection, mammograms remain the only screening test proven to reduce deaths from breast cancer in ...

Approaches to early detection of cancer often seem contentious, but the big-picture view is actually one of remarkable consensus. All major guideline groups recommend the Papanicolaou smear, ...

A Bay Area biotech company says its groundbreaking blood test can detect more than 50 cancers. Early detection can improve cancer outcomes and can save lives. Cancer is the second leading cause of ...