Cancer

Missing enzymes may cause troublesome knots to appear in DNA.

Cancer cells can lie dormant for years and then suddenly start spreading.

This is the largest epidemiological study to assess this potential risk.

Exposure to Chernobyl radiation increased the risk of thyroid cancer by breaking DNA strands, but the effects didn't carry to the next generation.

He was cured of HIV while receiving cancer treatment over a decade ago.

She improved after cutting the energy drinks out of her diet.

An emerging cancer therapy could someday shorten the time patients spend in treatment and improve their overall outcomes.

The enormous growth began as a lesion that steadily expanded over several years.

"DNA conveys information not only in its sequence but also in its shape," the authors said.

Symptoms of acute leukemia resemble depictions of people suffering from vampire attacks in popular gothic novels.

This isn't the first time the "Notorious RBG" has bounced back from health scares.

A simple cold virus can effectively treat a form of bladder cancer, a new study suggests.

That may be true for the short missions astronauts have gone on so far. But Mars will be a different story.

Dead cells in the body don't sound very useful, but they might provide a new way to fight cancer, a new study in animals suggests.

This technology can screen the blood from above the skin.

Biden's promise may be easier said than done, according to experts.

Alex Trebek says his tumors have shrunk 50% since he started chemotherapy, but that's no guarantee that the pancreatic cancer will go into full remission.