Once seen as a disease of older adults, colorectal cancer is increasingly affecting people under 50. Understanding risk ...

As cancer rates in the United States continue to rise, another concerning trend emerges: There’s a particularly sharp increase in young adults, ages 18 to 39, getting cancer. The uptick in these early ...

Recent years have seen a concerning rise in cancer diagnoses among young adults aged 18 to 40 across all cancer types. While cancer is often associated with older populations, research shows that ...

Teddy bears evoke nostalgia and comfort, reducing anxiety and stress in cancer patients through tactile interaction. They symbolize unconditional love, aiding patients in coping with physical and ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Verastem Oncology (Nasdaq: VSTM), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new medicines for patients with RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers, today announced that the ...

Young adults with colon cancer are typically diagnosed at a later stage and with a more aggressive type of the disease, a new study says. Obesity, family history, inflammatory bowel disease, and ...

Ann Graham of MIB Agents discussed some of the challenges adolescent and young adult patients deal with after cancer diagnoses. Adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer, who find ...

Medicaid expansion under the ACA improved long-term survival for younger adults with operable lung cancer, despite no earlier ...

Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors age faster than their peers who did not have cancer, according to a new study, ...

Doctors are seeing colon cancer in people in their 20s and 30s. New research suggests it starts in infancy.

Adam DuVall, MD, MPH, a medical oncologist who trained in both adult and pediatric hematology/oncology, is among the subspecialists finding new ways to help the growing population of young adults with ...