A study of human tumor cells implanted in mice from the MacPherson Lab at Fred Hutch describes a new way to screen for the ...

Phuong Tran, RN, OCN, is a nurse manager at Fred Hutch at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, Washington who has spent her entire 35 ...

On April 18 — what would have been Kyle Spane’s 36th birthday — more than 80 friends, family members, caregivers, colleagues ...

Jack David was on his family’s annual trip to Priest Lake, Idaho, when he woke up in the middle of that vacation and felt a ...

A promising target for rare liver cancer, a functional cure for multiple myeloma — and support for people with ovarian cancer.

Up to 90% of colorectal cancers can be cured if caught early. Learn about screening options at Fred Hutch to protect your health.

Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...

Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment. This means the medicines will travel ...

Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends colorectal cancer screening for all adults starting at age 45. After age 75, the task force recommends talking with your health care team to decide ...