Cancer Research

Cancer death rates are declining among African Americans but are still higher than other racial groups, according to new research from the American Cancer Society. The report shows that death rates among Black men decreased by 49%, while death rates for Black women fell 33%.

100 startup teams were narrowed down to one during the contest's inaugural year in St. Louis. Now, Immunophotonics moves on to the San Francisco final and a chance to win $1 million.

The research done with Yale University shows the maximum amount of light energy that can be focused at a particular point through layers of other materials like human tissue.

The FDA recently approved a drug the Washington University School of Medicine has been testing for years. We discuss the results of a clinical trial about the effective drug treating lung cancer caused by a genetic mutation.

Children and teenagers diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. can have a very different chance of survival based on the type of health insurance they have,…

Cancer in its many forms has plagued humanity for millennia, and it’s still taking a relentless toll in the 21st century. The hope that scientists will…

For years, clinical trials were focused in academic medical centers such as the one below oncologist John DiPersio’s office at Siteman Cancer Center, high…

A Ph.D. student at Washington University’s School of Medicine has published the results of a surprising discovery: Calcium carbonate, the common compound…

On the latest edition of the Politically Speaking podcast, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies are pleased to welcome U.S. Rep. Rodney…

Almost one in every 10 children with cancer was born with an inherited genetic mutation predisposing them to develop the disease, according to a joint…