The American Cancer Society’s Report on the Status of Cancer Disparities in the United States examines disparities in cancer occurrence and outcomes, and analyzes the factors that contribute to these ...

A study that was published in recent weeks has given the world a sobering view of the number of cancer diagnoses that are ...

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 ...

Global cancer cases have surged dramatically, doubling since 1990 and reaching 18.5 million new diagnoses in 2023. Deaths ...

Cancer is tightening its grip on the world, with scientists warning that deaths are on track to soar within a generation ...

Since the first Breast Cancer Awareness Month initiatives kicked off 40 years ago, major improvements have been made in treating the disease. While the rates of women diagnosed with breast cancer have ...

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 ...

Cancer is becoming a global crisis shaped less by biology than by inequality, risk exposure, and access to care.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

People living in the United Kingdom's most deprived areas have nearly 60% higher cancer death rates than those in wealthier regions, according to a report from Cancer Research UK (CRUK). The study, ...