Deaths from cancer have fallen dramatically. They’ve dropped by 34% over the past three decades — largely thanks to better treatments, earlier detection, and fewer people smoking. But cancer ...

Metastatic prostate cancer is also referred to as stage 4 or advanced prostate cancer. It's cancer that began in the prostate, a gland located under the bladder of people assigned male at birth, and ...

Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...

Stage 2 prostate cancer is considered localized, meaning the cancer is still confined entirely within the prostate gland and has not spread to nearby lymph nodes (node 0 or N0) or distant parts of the ...

For patients under 55 years old: Papillary thyroid cancer is classified as stage 2 if the cancer has spread to distant parts ...

About 40% of people with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)—a type of cancer that begins in the tissues of your lungs—have metastatic disease at the time of their diagnosis. Metastatic NSCLC refers to ...

Surprisingly, PTEN is restored once cells migrate to other organs. It's a discovery that may be important for developing effective new anti- metastasis therapies of particular importance for ...

In patients with early-stage acral melanoma, upper-limb tumors tend to spread first to distant organs, whereas lower-limb tumors are more likely to metastasize first to lymph nodes.