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Cancer screening may not extend lives, new study suggests. But experts say it's flawed.A new analysis of screening tests for four types of cancer suggests that only one actually increases life span, on average. But what do scientists think?
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DNA's 'topography' influences where cancer-causing mutations appearThe topographical features of DNA in the body may dictate where and when cancer-causing mutations appear in its code.
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CRISPR used to 'reprogram' cancer cells into healthy muscle in the labIn a new study, stopping skeletal-muscle cancer cells from making a specific protein forced them to turn into healthy muscle cells.
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'Disappearing' Y chromosome in aging men may worsen bladder cancer, mouse study showsAs men get older, they can lose Y chromosomes in a portion of their cells. This could be helping certain cancers evade the immune system.
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AI predicts 5-year breast cancer risk better than standard tools — but we aren't sure how it worksArtificial intelligence models can use breast imaging data to pinpoint those at highest risk of getting breast cancer in the next five years, better than a standard approach.
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Lung cancer pill drastically cuts risk of death after surgeryTaking the drug Tagrisso daily after surgery reduced non-small cell lung cancer patients' death risk by more than 50%.
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Breast cancer screening should start at age 40, expert task force saysA task force of experts recommended that female patients be screened for breast cancer starting at age 40.
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New ultrasound device helps powerful chemo reach deadly brain cancers, human trial showsAn implanted ultrasound-emitting device helped chemotherapy drugs safely pass into the brains of cancer patients.
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Does it matter what time of day you get cancer treatment?The emerging field of "cancer chronotherapy" hints that it may be best to receive cancer treatment at a particular time of day.
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