Researchers have identified a previously unknown inflammatory mechanism that may drive the aggressiveness and relapse of small cell lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is among the most aggressive types of lung cancer and carries a five year survival rate of just five percent.

Irene Blair was expected to have another six to eight months to live in June, after her pancreatic cancer rapidly advanced to stage 4 less than a year after her initial diagnosis.

MSNBC.COM - The dread and fear that can come with a cancer diagnosis have their roots in its killer nature: It's the No. 2cause of death in Americans, second only to heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even when ...

Brain, liver, lung, oesophagus, pancreas and stomach cancers receive just 18.9% of all government-funded cancer research.

A major achievement with far-reaching implications for treating deadly skin cancer has been discovered by Tel Aviv University scientists and colleagues.

Only 13 out of 100 patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer live for at least five years. That’s the lowest five-year survival rate of any type of cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. But that bleak number still shows some improvement in ...

Alibaba's AI model, PANDA, is aiding doctors in eastern China by detecting pancreatic cancer earlier than traditional methods, thereby increasing patient survival rates.