Last month, actor James Van Der Beek died of colon cancer at age 48. The Dawson’s Creek star was among a growing number of younger adults who’ve been diagnosed with the disease — a trend that has ...

Younger colorectal cancer patients have abnormally stiff colon tissue that promotes tumor growth, pointing to biomechanical forces as a key factor in early-onset disease.

New study finds microplastics in 90% of prostate cancer tumors, with double the concentration in cancerous tissue compared to healthy tissue from patient samples.

Scientists at NYU Langone Health examined cancerous and benign tissues from 10 patients with prostate cancer and found “small fragments of plastic” in both — but the tumors had much higher ...

Researchers at the Cancer Research Institute and the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, have ...

Researchers at NYU Langone Health have detected tiny plastic fragments in nine out of 10 prostate cancer tumors examined, a ...

Dr. Arif Kamal, chief patient officer for the American Cancer Society, says there have been great strides in breast cancer awareness over the last 40 years, with mortality rates dropping by 40% as a ...

Scientists at Oregon State University have engineered a powerful new nanomaterial that zeroes in on cancer cells and destroys them from the inside out. Designed to exploit cancer’s unique ...

A new study led by researchers at Adelaide University and published in Science Advances reveals why some cancers can grow and survive in the body, while others cannot. It turns out that intense ...

Experts urge caution in interpreting results of a small pilot study finding microplastics in prostate cancer tissue, calling the results provocative but preliminary.

Obesity is now linked to at least 13 types of cancer, making it one of the most preventable cancer risk factors in the United States.