Cancer

LONDON — James East, M.D., spends his days skillfully examining people’s colons, searching for and snaring away suspicious polyps that might one day turn into cancer. ...

Black History Month is a month for all people to celebrate and learn about the diverse and important contributions of Black Americans to American society ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother has been experiencing unusual and persistent fatigue, abdominal pain, and jaundice. After undergoing a CT scan, her doctor diagnosed her with ...

February is National Cancer Prevention Month, which makes this a good time to learn what you can do to reduce your risk of the top ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Your genes play a role in nearly all areas of your health. A gene is like an instruction manual for your ...

Cancer affects people worldwide, regardless of age, gender or socioeconomic status. That's why Mayo Clinic joins the Union for International Cancer Control and other global organizations on World Cancer ...

BARRON, Wis. — Preventive health screenings are important for everyone, yet these simple and routine things are not readily available to some. Nothing in life ...

Cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the U.S., but the number of people dying from cancer continues to decline. In the last three ...

February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and Saturday, Feb. 4, is World Cancer Day, which is a global initiative to raise awareness, improve education and promote ...

Black History Month is commemorated every February. It's a month for all people to celebrate and learn about diverse and important contributions of African Americans ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — In an academic-industrial collaboration, Mayo Clinic is assessing in a clinical trial a new radiotracer in pancreatic cancer imaging. As part of the ...

Radon is an odorless, invisible radioactive gas. It's naturally released from rocks, soil and water — and it can get trapped inside your home, office ...