Cancer

The risks of dementia, cancer and vascular disease increase with age, but the connection between the conditions is not fully understood. Now, Mayo Clinic researchers ...

Cindy Tofthagen, Ph.D., a full-time researcher in the Division of Nursing Research, studies ways to improve cancer care. In particular, she aims to find effective ...

Charlotte Brown first discovered her passion for medicine through books. "I've always been a voracious reader. As a child, I dreamt of becoming a neurosurgeon ...

Vaccines have protected people from deadly diseases for generations. Could they also help fight cancer?   Mayo Clinic researchers are working to develop personalized therapeutic cancer vaccines ...

Researchers have long recognized cancer is not a single disease. Rather, the term encompasses hundreds of different diseases — all with one common characteristic: unchecked ...

The tools of molecular medicine are designed to work in remote regions of inner space — places in the body that aren't easy to see ...

In March 2020, at the start of the pandemic, Anya Magnuson's own health was in crisis. The 21-year-old Minnesotan had already endured four brain surgeries, ...

For the millions of people who could face a cancer diagnosis this year, it's vital to have all therapeutic options available. But in some cases, ...

Like the maps that drivers use to get from one place to another, the goal of a medical diagnosis is to get you from where ...

Why does it take so long for new biomedical evidence to become accepted as standard practice in medicine? For example, in a May 2018 updated ...