Cancer is still the most common cause of death for men in the US ages 60 to 79 and women ages 40 to 79. For all adults ...

More Americans are living with cancer as death rates continue to decline, thanks to improved detection methods and better ...

For the first time, the five-year relative survival rate for all cancers combined reached 70%, according to the latest report ...

More Americans diagnosed with cancer are now surviving the disease - marking a positive trend that experts say reflects the ...

Survival rates for all cancers are increasing, but threats to federal funding and access to care jeopardize these advances.

The rate of people dying from cancer in the United States continued to decline for the 26th year in a row, according to a new American Cancer Society report. From 2016 to 2017, the United States saw ...

Prostate cancer incidence is increasing, especially in advanced stages, reversing previous declines and slowing mortality rate improvements. Racial disparities persist, with Black and Native American ...

ATLANTA, Georgia — New research from the American Cancer Society (ACS) reveals stark and persistent inequalities in cancer mortality across the U.S., with rural residents, lower-income communities and ...

A major global study warns that cancer cases have doubled since 1990, raising urgent concerns about whether health systems ...

In 2023, more than 9,000 people in Louisiana died from cancer, at a rate of 165.1 cancer-related deaths per 100,000 people. That's higher than the U.S. cancer death rate at 145.4 cancer-related deaths ...

Harvard Medical School investigators have discovered that U.S. surgeons have a cancer mortality rate more than two times that of nonsurgeon physicians and around 20% higher than most non-physician ...

New data is underscoring the increased risk of a career in firefighting. A study led by the American Cancer Society compared death rates for more than 470,000 male firefighters nationwide and males in ...