But awareness alone isn’t enough. In this milestone year, ACS encourages everyone to do more this October and turn awareness ...

Because they don’t actually contain tobacco, nicotine pouches may be viewed as safer than smoking cigarettes, using smokeless ...

Laura's dedication to ending cancer as we know it, for everyone, is not limited to her work in the U.S. In 2015, after ...

“If you have or are at risk for MASLD, the most important thing you can do is lose weight. Weight loss can help reduce liver ...

Females between 40 and 44 may start getting a mammorgram every year. Females 55 and older may get a mammogram every other ...

What are neuroendocrine tumors (NETs)? Special cells in the body called neuroendocrine cells can act like both nerve cells and hormone-making cells. Neuroendocrine cells are scattered through organs ...

Many people experience moments of isolation and loneliness. Being isolated or lonely can affect how you feel, both mentally and physically. It can cause anxiety, depression, and other types of mental ...

HPV (human papillomavirus) may not cause any symptoms. Since this virus is spread through intimate skin-to-skin contact, someone who has HPV might not know it unless they are getting routine testing ...

HPV can be passed from one person to another by intimate skin-to-skin contact. It’s not spread through blood or body fluids. HPV can be spread to someone else even when an infected person has no signs ...

Precancerous cells, also called premalignant cells, are abnormal cells that have changes in how they look or grow. The cells are not cancer, but they show changes that raise the risk of turning into ...

A neoplasm is an abnormal growth of cells in the body. It happens when the body’s normal process of making and replacing cells doesn’t work as it should. When a neoplasm forms into an abnormal growth, ...

Understanding the chemotherapy drugs you’re getting can help you feel more informed and prepared. Knowing the group that the chemo belongs to—and its exact name—can give you helpful context for why ...