Chemotherapy — often called “chemo” — can be difficult on the body, including the heart. “Cancer therapies can cause a broad ...

A risk factor is anything that affects your chance of getting a disease, such as breast cancer. But having a risk factor, or even many, does not mean that you are sure to get the disease. Some men ...

Polyps are common in people who do not have FAP, but people with FAP have many more polyps at younger ages than would be expected. People with FAP can develop hundreds or thousands of polyps, where ...

Allana Roach, PhD, MSB, is a senior associate scientist (program manager) for the Clinical and Population Sciences Program in Extramural Discovery Science at the American Cancer Society (ACS). She is ...

Three ways you can help to lower your cancer risk are: 1: Avoid using alcohol and tobacco. Both alcohol and tobacco are known ...

Bobbie Parker remembers the moment her life changed forever. It was 1987, not long after she lost her mother, Mary, to pancreatic cancer. Grief-stricken but determined, she sought a way to honor her ...

When you’re surrounded by diet culture and buzzy food trends, outside sources might seem to know more about what to eat than you do. But ultimately, your body is the expert in what kind of nourishment ...

Zach Dane considered himself an ordinary person. He worked as an administrator for the New York City public school system, spent time with his wife, and volunteered when possible. But life sometimes ...

At the American Cancer Society (ACS), there's very little that we do that is not powered by volunteers. During the most recent grant cycle, for instance, we engaged 546 volunteer scientific peer ...

Every 2 years, researchers from the American Cancer Society (ACS) publish a comprehensive report using data from multiple national and state surveys about how many adults in the United States report ...