Researchers have discovered the process that allows immune suppressor cells to develop, suggesting a potential new way to bolster immunotherapy treatment.

An innovative new treatment is offering new hope for patients with several types of persistent or recurring cancer — with more cancer clinical trials underway.

A strong care team helped a young woman thrive after losing a limb to cancer. Now, she’s standing up for amputees in need.

A surprising finding explains how a crucial cancer gene impacts cell signaling to drive cancer growth.

Get information on cervical cancer screening guidelines and hear from a cervical cancer survivor why it is important to have routine pap smear and HPV tests.

A Michigan Medicine gastroenterologist has studied why patients skip the lifesaving test. He explains the necessity — and efforts designed to help.

A new study finds only half of women who could benefit from genetic testing get it, and often not before they have surgery.

Researchers uncover a mechanism that explains why a Hedgehog inhibitor kills skin cancer, but not completely.

Learn about the risks of chronic liver disease, the treatable liver disease factors and how rates of liver cancer have increased.

Breast cancer patients who used an interactive website were more informed about options and felt better prepared to make a treatment choice.

A new study indicates a benefit for all young colon cancer patients to undergo genetic testing. But with more than half of them exhibiting no family history, will insurers cover the tests?

Rose Mary Worthen wasn’t expected to live more than a year after her diagnosis. Four years later, she’s using her art — and her sense of humor — to spread hope.

After a rare reaction to cancer treatment paralyzed him at age 5, fifth-grader Gabe Treve crossed Michigan Stadium as part of his goal to learn to walk again.

Learn what's good (and bad) for your liver and discover how you can maintain or improve your liver health with two simple lifestyle changes.

Personalized dosing of omega-3 fatty acids decreases prostaglandin E2 in the colon, but the beneficial effects are smaller in overweight people, research finds.