Cancer

Racial disparities in breast cancer

Black women are more likely to die of breast cancer; new research may help explain why

Eating fruits and veggies can help reduce risk of cervical cancer, experts say

Cervical Cancer Diet

Health screenings can be life-saving tools, but many men foolishly avoid them

Prostate Cancer Screening

Health Insurance

Medicaid eligibility rules affect cancer survival, analysis suggests

Medicaid cancer survival

Replacing butter with olive oil may reduce the risk of serious illnesses, study finds

Olive oil

The war on cancer at 50: The origin story begins with a socialite citizen-lobbyist

Nixon National Cancer Act

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer outcomes may not be known for years

Cancer screening delays

The COVID-19 pandemic is still adversely impacting cancer screenings, study finds

CT imaging for cancer

Sixers assistant Dave Joerger stepping away from team to treat cancer

Drug used to prevent preterm birth may increase cancer risk in offspring, study suggests

Risk of preterm birth

Prostate cancer patients may benefit from shorter courses of radiation therapy after surgeries, study finds

Men with prostate cancer

Smokers who quit before age 45 nearly eliminate risk of dying from lung cancer

Quit Smoking Cancer Risk

Video games may have a role in shaping public health, researchers say

Video Games COVID-19

Drinking alcohol increases breast cancer risk, but many women don't realize it

Alcohol breast cancer risk

Eating spinach can reduce risk of colon cancer, study finds

Spinach, colon cancer

Ovarian cancer symptoms can be vague so listen to your body, doctors say

Ovarian cancer symptoms

Most blood cancer patients benefit from a third COVID-19 shot, study shows

IBX Medicare Advantage members can receive free in-home screenings for colon cancer, kidney disease

Independence in-home testing

Scientists inch closer to developing blood test for certain nerve cancers

Blood test cancer

Jefferson Health's new mobile unit will bring cancer screenings on the road

Jefferson Mobile Cancer Screening Unit

'Eat It to Beat It' challenge calls on Americans to fight prostate cancer by trying 30 healthy foods

Prostate Cancer Diet

Vitamin D may help prevent colon cancer among younger adults, study finds

Vitamin D Colon Cancer

Johnson & Johnson recalls Neutrogena, Aveeno sunscreens due to carcinogen traces

Johnson & Johnson sunscreen recall

Even moderate alcohol use can significantly increase cancer risk, latest study suggests

Alcohol consumption and cancer risk

More Pennsylvania state parks offering free sunscreen to help prevent skin cancer this summer

Sunscreen

Drinking coffee reduces risk of liver disease and cancer, study shows

Coffee Liver

Black women do not face greater genetic risk of breast cancer, Penn study finds

Racial disparities breast cancer

Children's Health

Scientists discover a way to stop Ewing sarcoma cells from spreading

Ewing sarcoma

Penn Medicine develops an 'electronic nose' to sniff out cancer

Penn Medicine 'electronic nose'

Colorectal cancer screenings should start for adults at age 45, medical task force says

Colorectal cancer screenings

Rittenhouse Row festival becomes weekend fundraiser for lung cancer

TAG Time Happy Hour in Rittenhouse

Freezing tumors has become a popular treatment for slow-growing cancers

Jefferson Health executive named first female CEO of American Cancer Society

Karen Knudsen

Obesity may increase a breast cancer survivor's risk for other cancers, study says

Weight loss

Racial disparities still persist in genetic testing for BRCA-related breast cancer

Carlette Burton Breast Cancer

COVID-19 was the third-leading cause of death in 2020, early CDC data shows

Some hand sanitizer brands exceed FDA's limit on the carcinogen benzene, study finds

Benzene in hand sanitizers

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