MedStar Health Blog

As the sixth most common cancer in the U.S., bladder cancer affects about 80,000 Americans each year. And because men are at higher risk than women, it’s the #4 cancer risk for them. Bladder ca...

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the immune system that affects bone marrow and blood. When a bacteria or virus invades the body, plasma cells—a type of white blood cell found in bone marrow&mda...

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide. Over 14,000 American women are diagnosed each year, and over 4,000 will not survive—including about 145 in the Washington, D.C...

In 2020, cancer diagnoses plummeted by 50%, as many people delayed routine physicals and cancer screenings that have been proven to save lives, according to the National Cancer Institute. For Ste...

Melanin is the pigment that shades our skin and protects it from harmful radiation in sunlight. Because it is naturally dark, melanin absorbs light, including much of the ultraviolet energy in su...

For generations, head and neck cancer was largely a disease of smokers, especially smokers who also consumed alcoholic beverages. But the human papillomavirus (HPV) has expanded that disease land...