UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is marking Lung Cancer Awareness Month by encouraging screenings, especially for Black smokers and former smokers, who are 18% less likely to be diagnosed early as compared to white smokers or former smokers.
Bacteria in our guts may play a significant role in the metabolism of anti-cancer drugs that are critical for treating colon cancer and other types of cancers.
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) used in cancer care can cause myocarditis, a potentially fatal side effect, and it appears that the adverse cardiac effects may disproportionally impact female patients.
Just when we thought the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic was over, experts are warning that a tripledemic, a trio of viral threats involving respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza (flu) and COVID, is heading our way this winter.
Approximately one-fourth of the general population worldwide has nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, known as NAFLD, an umbrella term for a range of liver conditions affecting people who drink little to no alcohol. NAFLD can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure. In a new study,...
Findings show that early screening for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease can be the key to successful treatment or prevention of advanced fibrosis, scarring of the liver
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