Marla Anderson, MD, FACS, is a board-certified surgeon who specializes in the surgical treatment of breast disease. Breast cancer is a type of cancer that starts growing in the breast tissue.

The results, published today (19 March) in Nature, add to a map of mutations in normal tissue from the gastrointestinal tract. This work enables researchers to explore fundamental mutational processes ...

Doctors are reporting that more young adults are developing aggressive cancers, and many are being diagnosed only after the disease has already advanced. Data from Cancer Mukt Bharat show that 20% of ...

Oropharyngeal cancer is the most common type of throat cancer. After your diagnosis, you will learn the stage of the cancer. The stage lets you know how far, if at all, the cancer has spread from the ...

Irene Blair was expected to have another six to eight months to live in June, after her pancreatic cancer rapidly advanced to ...

The field of cancer treatment saw a variety of advancements in 2025, from new dedicated centers to approved treatments to ...

For the first time, scientists have systematically analysed somatic mutations in stomach lining tissue to unpick mutational processes, some of which can lead to cancer. The team also uncovered hints ...