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Specifically, the study demonstrated that patients with advanced cancer prefer that their physicians speak with them while holding a note pad, rather than while typing into computers that link to electronic health records.

Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, star of the HBO show “Veep,” and formerly of “Seinfeld” and “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” has announced that she has breast cancer.

The Defeat GBM Research Collaborative is an effort based around three broad ideas: five years, $10 million and a question.

Leaving nipples intact during mastectomy can cosmetically improve breast reconstruction results without raising the risk of cancer recurrence, a study has shown.

One designer of the Cancer Moonshot explains how the initiative is being translated into action.

After a cancer diagnosis, there is a ton of medical information that patients and their caregivers must keep track of. Cancer Concierge developed a resource to help.

In treating rare advanced skin cancers, individualized therapy is improving outcomes.

Strategies from expert oncology dieticians can help patients to eat an appropriate diet and maintain a healthy weight during and after treatment for ovarian cancer.

Mark Gibbons, senior director of external programs with the nonprofit Caregiver Action Network, explains the importance of caregivers taking care of themselves while at the Ovarian Cancer National Conference.

The idea of interfering with DNA’s self-repair capabilities has been at the heart of this decade’s progress in treating ovarian cancer, and the focus now is on combining PARP inhibitors with other types of therapies.

There are several issues parents should consider before broaching the subject of genetic cancer risk with their children, explains Karen Hurley, a psychologist with the Cleveland Clinic.

Those considering mastectomy to help prevent inherited breast cancer, or because they’ve been diagnosed with the disease, are likely to find themselves sorting through a host of complex questions.

For women genetically predisposed to ovarian cancer, prevention is extremely important. But what are the most effective and least invasive prevention techniques, and when is the best time in life to employ them?

While genetic testing for cancer has some obvious benefits, it also creates ethical dilemmas in many cases.

Becoming pregnant does not increase a woman's chance of having her breast cancer recur, according to a recent study presented at ASCO.

There are fewer reported incidences of severe long-term side effects after childhood cancer treatment, according to a recent study.

Healthy weight, eating habits and exercise routines all led to a decreased chance of death for patients with colorectal cancer, according to a recent study.

Telemedicine holds promise as a convenient and effective way for clinicians to help people give up tobacco and nicotine, one group of clinicians demonstrated in a recent pilot study.

Some patients with cancer were once advised to avoid foods such as fresh fruit and vegetables.

Vice President Biden unleashed something — excitement and enthusiasm — by calling on us to ask ourselves the questions we were always afraid to ask.

Military metaphors are often used in discussing cancer with patients. However, research shows this can have a negative effect on both the emotional state of patients and on the level of engagement of others with preventive efforts.

At the 2017 ONS Annual Congress, nurses from the Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Cancer considered the accommodations needed for patients who experience breast cancer and pregnancy at the same time.

According to a study presented at 2017 ONS Annual Congress by nurses at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, gum chewing may be able to prevent post-operative ileus (intestinal blockages) in patients with cancer who have undergone abdominal surgery.

Actor Patrick Dempsey presents the winner with her award and speaks to an audience of 1,000 during the event that also honors two finalists

The drug naloxone can reverse the symptoms of opioid overdose.

Chad Bettis, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies, has returned to treatment, stating that his testicular cancer has spread.

Noreen Fraser, co-founder and producer of the annual "Stand Up to Cancer" telethon has died of stage 4 breast cancer at the age of 63.

A class of targeted drugs used to treat cancer may also preserve fertility in some younger women being treated for the disease.

Cancer death rates have dropped substantially except in small pockets of the U.S., where they have risen dramatically, a recent study showed. A look at differences in areas with dropping versus rising rates offers insights about how to prevent the disease, researchers said.

IT’S HARD TO CHOOSE and comply with cancer treatments if you don’t understand your diagnosis, your choices or your rights as a patient. But many who are new to the United States find themselves in exactly that position.