Overall, rates of new cancer diagnoses and cancer-related deaths have declined, according to the annual cancer statistics report from the National Cancer Institute.

The largest observed increase among women was for stomach cancer, which the researchers say may be largely due to a change in the classification of tumors by the World Health Organization.

A new report on cancer in the US shows a steady decline in overall deaths from 2001 through 2022. The rate of diagnoses among men fell from 2001 through 2013 and then stabilized through 2021 but these ...

Gastric cancer, as it is known medically, affects more men than women and is more common in older people. About six of every ...

The lifetime risk of developing stomach cancer is higher in men (about 1 in 101) than in women (about 1 in 155). The average age at diagnosis is 68, and about 6 of every 10 people diagnosed with ...

Melani Vincelli walked into a doctor’s office wondering if she had an ulcer. Today, she’s approaching her 65th birthday as a ...

New cases remained stable for the following cancer types: stomach, melanoma of the skin, esophagus, leukemia, and liver and intrahepatic bile duct. For women, the report noted that new cancer ...

but recent trends reveal an increase in early-onset stomach cancer in people younger than 50, particularly women. Trends also reveal younger ... For the first time, scientists have systematically ...

ST. GEORGE — A Washington woman, fighting cancer for the second time, is determined to beat the odds, advocating for stomach cancer awareness and research with the goal of living well beyond the ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei City Hospital said Friday that it now offers six publicly funded cancer screenings.