MedStar Health Blog

Most people know that fruits and vegetables are good for their bodies, but recent research suggests that the foods and drinks we choose can significantly increase our risk for colorectal cancer....

More women of all races are dying of endometrial cancer, but the rate is much higher for Black women. White women’s rate went up by 0.6 per 100,000 people between 1990-94 to 2015-2019. The rate of de...

In the late 1990s Colorectal cancer (CRC) was the fourth leading cause of cancer death in people under age 50, but cases are on the rise. Now, it’s the leading cause of cancer death in men, and secon...

In 2023, stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, accounted for about 1.4% of newly diagnosed cancer cases in the U.S., with an estimated 26,500 new cases diagnosed. Globally, it represents the 5t...

Within the last ten years, advances in cancer treatments have begun to offer more hope than ever before. One such treatment is immunotherapy, which uses the body’s own immune system to fight dis...

Every year, 14,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer. In addition, 4,000 women will die from it every year, according to the American Cancer Society. The good news is that routine screenings a...