Cancer cells have many abnormal characteristics enabling tumors to grow, spread, and avoid immunologic and therapeutic destruction. Central to this is the innate ability of populations of cancer cells to rapidly evolve. One feature of many cancers is t...
The Botswana UPenn Partnership has enabled Penn medical students and trainees to learn about health care in Botswana, most recently exposing the breast cancer epidemic. Dr. Yehoda Martei offers a perspective on the issues.
The incidence of mouth and throat cancers caused by the human papillomavirus in men has now surpassed the incidence of HPV-related cervical cancers in women.
October is breast cancer awareness month, and it is a great time to support breast cancer research, and those women who are breast cancer survivors. Here are some facts to remember about breast cancer this month.
