Recent research shows that ongoing inflammation can change your bone marrow, helping muted stem cells grow. This process, ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Blood cancers such as leukemia are caused by genetic changes in the blood-forming stem cells of the bone marrow. Scientists ...

Symptoms like feeling a breast lump, urinary tract symptoms, a change in bowel habits or a chronic cough, can signal underlying cancers, that should prompt you to seek evaluation by a doctor — an onco ...

Gracie Butler was 18 when she started experiencing leg pain, but doctors repeatedly sent her home, believing it was caused by muscle aches Her symptoms persisted, and she was later diagnosed with ...

More than three decades ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as the first immunotherapy against cancer. And it is still used today to treat ...

Long-lasting fatigue, unexplained fevers, strange bruising, or swollen lymph nodes are signals that should not be ignored, as they may suggest cancer. Awareness, routine screening, and early ...