Molecular testing looks at the tumor’s DNA to identify specific mutations that can guide treatment. Understanding mutations like the IDH mutation allows doctors to choose more effective therapies.

A 41-year-old real estate agent wishing to become a mom learns she has stage 1 endometrial cancer while undergoing health checks despite showing no signs or symptoms of the cancer. Endometrial cancer ...

“The Karate Kid” star Ralph Macchio, who just turned 63, is working toward spreading breast cancer awareness after his nurse practitioner and high school sweetheart wife Phyllis Fierro’s health scare.

The lesions and marks left behind after an unsuspecting spider bite can sometimes be confused with signs of skin cancer. A medical journal report, JAMA Dermatology, says the venomous brown recluse ...

The 58-year-old wife of actor Terry Crews, Rebecca, battled stage one breast cancer four years ago with resilience and determination because “you gotta go through the valley, not stop in the middle,” ...

A woman, 29, who dealt with unexplained weight loss and a noticeable knot under her armpit was dismissed by multiple doctors until one gave her “knot” an ultrasound, leading to the discovery of stage ...

Surgery is often a cornerstone of treatment for gastric cancer, especially when the disease is localized and has not spread extensively beyond the stomach. The goal of surgery is to remove the cancer, ...

After a gastric cancer diagnosis, one crucial procedure in the journey is staging laparoscopy, also known as a diagnostic laparoscopy. This is a minimally invasive procedure that plays a significant ...

Precision medicine uses specific information about protein expression and genetic changes in your tumor to tailor cancer treatments, offering a more targeted approach than traditional chemotherapy.

In gastric cancer, surgery is often the most critical part of the treatment process — and in some early stage patients, it could be curative. But for many others, chemotherapy will also be part of the ...

Receiving an advanced gastric cancer diagnosis is overwhelming, but treatments are available to improve quality of life and extend survival. Chemotherapy, often the first treatment, can shrink tumors, ...

To treat advanced gastric cancer, oncologists typically use systemic therapies. These are treatments that affect the entire body, and they fall into three major categories: chemotherapy, immunotherapy ...