Six epigenetic features define the new Epigenetic Hallmarks of Cancer, an add-on to the widely accepted Hallmarks of Cancer. Scientists concluded that malignant transformation requires some degree of ...

“ur finding enables the safe discontinuation of follow-up after 6 years, leading to an improvement in quality of life and a reduction in health care system costs,” study researchers wrote.

The designation of HER2-low status is rapidly reshaping how researchers and care providers not only think about, but also treat, breast cancer. In February 2014, Tiffany O’Donnell, then 33, felt an ...

MCGREGOR, Texas (KWTX) - A McGregor woman, who survived a tough battle with breast cancer, is sharing her journey to emphasize the importance of screenings any month of the year. “October, everybody’s ...

Analysis of 35,213 patients with stage II-III colon cancer revealed that recurrence risk drops below 0.5% at 6 years post-surgery, supporting a practical definition of cure. Women showed a ...

A new definition of rectal cancer in the Netherlands prompted reclassification of cancer as sigmoid tumors, which could lead to better treatment. Rectal and sigmoidal tumors have been hard to ...

The (AGA) released a new clinical practice guideline on the surveillance of Barrett's esophagus, the only known precursor to ...

Pastorino and colleagues noted that defining cure in stage II and III colon cancer has been challenging for two reasons: It is difficult to determine the threshold at which the chances of relapse ...

Valarie Traynham shares what survivorship means to her, and how the definition has evolved after her diagnosis, during National Cancer Survivors Month. Survivorship can mean something different to ...

Cancer mortality has just surpassed cardiovascular disease for the first time ever and one in two men, and one in three women, will be diagnosed with some form of the disease in the US, according to ...