Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study from the American Cancer Society is shedding light on cancer mortality rates among young people — and the one type of ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—In 1991, the U.S. experienced a significant shift in cancer death rates, as for the first time, deaths began a steady decline that continues to the present day. Researchers at ...

People who have received a cancer diagnosis are living longer than ever, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS). Decades of cancer research have led to more effective ...

Diet, exercise and other healthy habits can lower your risk. Reviewed by Dietitian Katey Davidson, M.Sc.FN, RD, CPT Colorectal cancer deaths in people under 50 have risen 1.1% annually since 2005. It ...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) just released its annual report on the state of cancer in the U.S. While the statistics ...

A study published today in JAMA found that cancer mortality rates among young people have decreased across nearly all types of the disease. The number of deaths from colorectal cancer, though, is ...

Smoking, age, and obesity are all considered to be risk factors — but that is something pancreatic cancer shares with many ...

New national estimates reveal historic gains in cancer survival and millions of deaths averted, while exposing stark inequities and warning that policy decisions today could determine whether progress ...

Routine cancer screenings, improved treatments, and less smoking are the main reasons why 7 in 10 cancer patients are reaching the 5-year survival milestone, a new report shows. Almost 70 percent of ...

Colorectal cancer has become the leading cause of cancer death among people under 50 in the United States – and the reasons why are still murky, a new report says. In the early 1990s, colorectal ...