Gastric cancer, also known as stomach cancer, originates in the stomach. The most common type, called adenocarcinoma, begins ...

The 58-year-old wife of actor Terry Crews, Rebecca, battled stage one breast cancer four years ago with resilience and determination because “you gotta go through the valley, not stop in the middle,” ...

Precision medicine uses specific information about protein expression and genetic changes in your tumor to tailor cancer treatments, offering a more targeted approach than traditional chemotherapy.

To treat advanced gastric cancer, oncologists typically use systemic therapies. These are treatments that affect the entire body, and they fall into three major categories: chemotherapy, immunotherapy ...

Singer Celine Dion, who lost her husband René Angélil to throat cancer in 2016 and has been living with a rare neurological disorder called stiff-person syndrome (SPS) since 2022, isn’t shy to express ...

Receiving an advanced gastric cancer diagnosis is overwhelming, but treatments are available to improve quality of life and extend survival. Chemotherapy, often the first treatment, can shrink tumors, ...

High-grade gliomas, which include the highly aggressive glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), continue to pose treatment challenges. Despite the continued advances in surgical techniques, chemotherapy, ...

A woman, 29, who dealt with unexplained weight loss and a noticeable knot under her armpit was dismissed by multiple doctors until one gave her “knot” an ultrasound, leading to the discovery of stage ...

New York Yankees pitcher Tim Hill, is impressing his fans in the 2024 World Series—a milestone career event that comes about 10 years after he battled stage three colon cancer at age 25. Hill, now 34, ...

After a gastric cancer diagnosis, one crucial procedure in the journey is staging laparoscopy, also known as a diagnostic laparoscopy. This is a minimally invasive procedure that plays a significant ...

Glioblastoma (GBM), a grade IV glioma, presents significant challenges for treatment due to its highly invasive nature, rapid growth, and resistance to most conventional therapies. While new treatment ...

Chemotherapy is a drug, or combination of drugs, that kill cells that grow quickly, such as cancer cells. The therapy is most often given through a needle into a vein (IV chemotherapy), but sometimes ...