Prevention and Screening

Mayo Clinic researchers are working to develop personalized therapeutic cancer vaccines that could potentially target each person's distinctive tumor characteristics.

Breast cancer survivors Rae Reekie and Amy White share advice for people whose lives have been affected by cancer.

Gastroenterologist Dr. Sumera Ilyas discusses liver cancer diagnosis and treatment options, and the importance of prevention.

Physician assistant Casey Swanson answers the most common questions she hears from people about genetic testing for ovarian cancer.

Learn about cancers of the female reproductive system and how to catch gynecologic cancers early when they are most treatable.

Researchers found the drug erlotinib reduced the number of polyps formed in the bowels of patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP).

Awareness of thyroid cancer symptoms and risk factors can help adolescents and young adults recognize early warning signs and find prompt treatment.

Dr. Julian Gundio discusses a new way of performing prostate biopsy that reduces the chance of infection to nearly zero.

Dermatologist Naiara Sbroggio Barbosa, M.D., explains how people with darker skin tones can protect themselves from skin cancer.

Men are more likely to die from melanoma than women. Learn the risk factors for melanoma and how to reduce your risk.