The terms tumor and cancer can refer to different types of lumps and bumps. But the terms are often confused and misused—by ...

What information could patients and providers learn from DNA found in a blood sample? An expert sat down with CURE to discuss ctDNA misconceptions. For patients with cancer, circulating tumor DNA ...

The 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium brought plenty of data and bold new ideas to the thousands of clinicians, ...

When you think about brain tumors, you might assume they’re purely a matter of bad genetic luck or something that happens to “other people.” But emerging research suggests that various factors in our ...

Cancer kills millions worldwide; physician Dr Hemingway says hidden drivers like hormone imbalance, stress, toxins, and poor ...

When Ginny Mason was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in 1994, she never once heard the word “biomarker.” “Back then, all you got was ER and PR [the estrogen receptor and progesterone ...

My brother had lingering hoarseness and a sore throat. When he finally went to the doctor, he was diagnosed with tonsil ...

PET scans can light up tumors in the body and help doctors determine if they are cancerous or benign (noncancerous). The results of a PET scan help guide medical decisions. A PET scan is a type of ...

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 ...