For a small percentage of cancer patients, doctors are unable to determine where in the body the disease originated. To help pinpoint the origin of the cancers of unknown primary (CUP), researchers at ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin, St James's Hospital, and collaborating institutions have carried out the most ...

Lynch syndrome is the most common cause of hereditary colon cancer. It is a genetic condition that puts people at an increased risk for cancer. People with Lynch syndrome typically get diagnosed with ...

As colorectal cancer (CRC) is now the leading cause of cancer death in adults under 50, a new report reveals some surprising shifts in the incidence of the disease. Although rates of CRC have been ...

Colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the U.S. It’s estimated 5 to 10% of colon cancer cases occur with some inherited genetic component. How important is it ...

Women who inherit and carry a faulty BRCA2 gene have a substantially increased risk of developing breast cancer—approximately 70% of carriers will develop the disease over their lifetime. These ...

Only men with a dangerous genetic variant and a family history of cancer should be offered screening, say UK advisors.

Doctors are testing a new three-drug treatment that may help patients with cancer whose original source cannot be found.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month first began in 1985, with the pink ribbon becoming the predominant icon for the campaign in the early 1990s. Source: Getty Images When did Breast Cancer Awareness Month ...