In honor of National Don't Fry Day, here's what you should know about checking for skin cancer at home and when to see a doctor.

Scientists identified a link between colorectal cancer and a toxin in the gut. Eating more fiber may help reduce your risk.

Researchers are beginning to wonder if blockbuster drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound could play a role in preventing cancer.

After a devastating diagnosis, Simone I. Smith and husband LL COOL J sought answers and a new mission to help others

Women with dense breasts would indeed benefit from additional scans on top of their standard mammograms, the clinical trial has now concluded. Extra imaging tests could more than triple breast cancer detection among women with dense breasts, researchers reported May 21 in the journal The Lancet.

"Every time I go across that line, I just think, 'that's another year I've been here'," Ms Summers said. The 61-year-old said she hoped her story would encourage others who faced serious illness not to give up. She said: "Every finish line is borrowed time. It keeps me alive, physically and mentally," she said.

Community groups are fighting an unusual Louisiana law that restricts how they use data from air-quality monitors, saying it violates free speech.

Yearly cancer deaths linked to alcohol have doubled in the United States over the last three decades, rising from just under 12,000 a year in 1990 to more than 23,000 a year in 2021, new research finds.