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Sister Study participants’ data generated hundreds of research papers, and researchers are still finding new discoveries.
November 07, 2023

6 findings from the Sister Study you should know

Since 2003, the still ongoing Sister Study has followed more than 50,000 women from all 50 states and Puerto Rico to find causes...

Breast Cancer
Sister Study recruiters    : (front row, left to right) Catherine Andrews, Carrissa Dixon, and Mary Quezada; (back row, left to right) Lourdes Suárez and Sara Williams.
November 02, 2023

Voices of the Sister Study

For 20 years, the Sister Study has partnered with more than 50,000 women across the United States to learn about breast cancer...

Breast Cancer, Environmental Health

Dr. Shuai Xie applies her engineering background to study pesticide exposure among farmers and their families.
May 04, 2023

Dr. Shuai Xie is building a bridge between engineering and public health

As a postdoctoral fellow at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Shuai Xie, Ph.D., M...

Environmental Health
A diagram of the digestive system, including the colon, rectum, and anus.
December 14, 2022

Calling out colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men and women in the United States, with 151,030 new...

Cancer, Colorectal Cancer

Kathy Bates joins other lymphedema advocates at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
July 20, 2022

Kathy Bates is figuring out how to live with lymphedema

When award-winning actress Kathy Bates was featured on the cover of NIH MedlinePlus magazine in 2016, she spoke about her experience...

Lymphedema
Scientists found gene mutations in tumors from children with RMS, which may lead to new therapies for the disease.
January 04, 2022

New treatments possible for a rare childhood cancer

Thanks to new research, children with the rare childhood cancer rhabdomyosarcoma, or RMS, may be able to receive more targeted...

Cancer in Children

There are unique challenges in developing new cancer treatments for kids.
December 28, 2021

4 unique challenges of childhood cancer research

Treatments for several types of childhood cancer have improved over the past decades. For other types, progress has been limited....

Cancer in Children
Survival rates for some types of childhood cancer have improved dramatically in recent decades.
December 21, 2021

Childhood cancer: By the numbers

Survival rates for most childhood cancers have improved in recent decades and improvement has been especially dramatic for a few...

Cancer in Children

The Children's Inn at NIH provides comfort for children with rare diseases and their families.
December 09, 2021

The Children's Inn at NIH gives families hope for more than 30 years

For children and young adults with rare diseases, The Children's Inn on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus...

Cancer in Children
Some types of childhood cancer are much more treatable today, while others are still a challenge for researchers.
November 18, 2021

The youngest patients, the toughest battles

The survival rate for children diagnosed with cancer has risen from just 10% in the 1950s to nearly 85% today. That's...

Cancer in Children

Personal Story

Terrence and Terran following her treatment at the National Institutes of Health.
October 21, 2021

A clinical trial and your caring heart mean everything to Terran and her family

When Terran, 14, passed out in school, an ambulance took her to the hospital. Scans revealed two large blood clots in...

Cancer in Children, Personal Story, Children and Teenagers
Shannon Miller won seven Olympic medals during her gymnastics career.
September 16, 2021

Olympic gymnast Shannon Miller: Accepting help was essential to ovarian cancer recovery

Gymnast Shannon Miller captivated the world on her way to Olympic gold. Now the seven-time Olympic medalist and women's...

Ovarian Cancer, Celebrity, Personal Story, Hero Feature, Women