Just because you can doesn't mean you should, an NBC News editorialist said regarding the FDA's latest approval of an at-home cancer screening kit requiring zero assistance from a doctor. 

South Korean researchers found that preoperative axillary ultrasonography (US) can decipher which patients are least at-risk for non-sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastasis—possibly resulting in fewer unnecessary lymph node dissections.

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) may have the potential to replace drug therapy for cancer patients when combined with surgery, radiation therapy or chemotherapy, according to new research published online in the March-April 2018 issue of Radiographics.

A group of international researchers has developed a point-of-care device that may produce a consistent and cost-effective screening method for thyroid nodules.

The new technology promises to eliminate the human subjectivity and variability in grading cancer tumors, according to research published in Convergent Science Physical Oncology.

T2 weighted-based radiomics proved superior in classification performance than qualitative assessment and diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging for diagnosing pathologic complete response (pCR) in patients with rectal cancer who received therapy prior to their main treatment, according to a study in Radiology.

One-time prostate-specific antigen (PSA) cancer screenings in men does not improve mortality rates for the disease, according to a study published online March 6 in JAMA.

Zika virus has had a significant impact in North and South America, most notably by causing microcephaly in babies born to infected mothers. But Brazilian researchers have found the deadly virus may be an effective treatment for glioblastoma—the most common and aggressive form of malignant brain tumor in adults.