Cancer survivor stories from the American Cancer Society.

When mice in the lab are on low-carb diets, like the "keto" diet many people follow, the liver makes a ketone that slows the growth of colorectal cancer. Research has shown that certain types of diets ...

Chris Lopez was the youngest colon cancer patient his oncologist had ever treated. At 29, Chris was 16 years younger than the ...

Diets high in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and dietary fiber have been linked with lowering the risk of developing colorectal cancer. But how they work is not fully known.  Scientists think ...

Early in the morning, after she wakes from anesthesia, a 9-year-old patient in Holtz Children’s Hospital’s oncology unit ...

Nutrition is an important thing to consider when you're getting cancer treatment. Eating healthy foods before, during, and after treatment can help you feel better and stay stronger. But cancer and ...

The 2025 ACS report Cancer Statistics for African American and Black People, said that racial inequalities in care and ...

The y-axis of this graph has 10-year age ranges, after ages 00 to 19, and up to age 80 and older. The percent change in cancer death rates, from 0 to -70 is on the x-axis. The numbers are negative ...

The y-axis on this graph measures prevalence from 0% to 60%, and the x-axis shows time in years, 1965 at the 0 point, then in 10-year intervals from 1970 to 2020. Curves show the prevalence of smoking ...

For some types of cancer, risk factors are known for the majority of cases. For example, smoking causes most lung cancers. This provides an opportunity for prevention. With multiple myeloma, few cases ...

Taking a low dose of daily aspirin is known to have some health benefits. For example, it can help reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes for some people. In cancer, researchers are studying ...