Cancer

Many cancers associated with infection are preventable

If approved, the test could help catch cancers early—but more research is still needed, experts say

Pancreatic cancer is typically caught in its latest stages, when it is hardest to treat

The findings, which were made in mice, may offer a new way to prevent a common chemotherapy side effect that can last well beyond treatment

Pancreatic cancer is considered one of the hardest to treat and most serious forms of cancer

The combined drug works by nudging the body’s own immune system to make proteins that attack and destroy melanoma cells

Several children who had aggressive recurrent brain tumors remained disease-free years after this treatment, according to an early-stage trial

Everyday viral infections may be quietly reshaping the body’s network of molecules that support cells and tissues in ways that can raise cancer risk over time

The Trump administration is mulling new rules that would give political appointees final say on research grants

Learning how the matrix around cells and tissues impacts cancers

Developing software to reveal large genetic changes that lead to cancer

The Pfizer executive talks about rekindling the public’s excitement over science