Liquid biopsies may reveal who needs treatment for recurrent breast cancer — and, just as important, who doesn’t.
In 2011, I was told that I had a 10 percent chance of living. Five years later, my doctor refers to me as the miracle child.
Fans for the Cure is serving as an Advocacy Partner for the Metastatic Prostate Cancer Project (MPCP) — a nationwide genomic research initiative designed for men with advanced or metastatic prostate cancer — and they are working to advance prostate cancer research.
Two hematologist/oncologists on the LLS leadership team, and experts in the field of blood cancer, answer questions and concerns about coronavirus (COVID-19).
It is crucial to know all the side effects of the medication and surgeries you receive before starting cancer treatment.
Thomas Butler, M.D., medical oncologist at the University of Southern Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, discusses the importance of shared decision making in cancer care.
RESEARCHERS ARE RE-EVALUATING WHAT CAUSES LYMPHEDEMA AGGRAVATION.
Comments from you, our readers, from the 2019 Spring issue of CURE®.
I have been in and out of chemotherapy and radiation for the past seven years, and my nurse Teri has always been by my side, making things a little less scary and a whole lot easier.
The legendary broadcast journalist Katie Couric sat down with CURE® to talk about founding the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health in honor of her late husband.
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., Sixth Congressional District of New Jersey, House Energy and Commerce Committee, discusses "streamlining" the FDA's drug approval process as it relates to the 21st Century Cures Act.
Learning more about MDS will lead to better diagnostics and more personalized treatments.
"When you meet someone who is suffering because she was told she could only have a mammogram when it was too late, everyone will agree: if a woman is thoroughly educated about the negative effects of screening and still decides to have the mammogram, she should be able to make that decision without a financial burden."
An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring MELISSA A. COCHRAN, M.S., NP [STEM CELL TRANSPLANT NURSE, DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS]
Patients who received chemotherapy, actively smoked and drank alcohol, and were diagnosed with head and neck cancer reported significantly higher rates of opiate use, according to study results presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2018 Palliative and Supportive Care Symposium.
Jennifer Lane-Riefler, MCHES, CFm, Executive Director of Cancer Services of Grant County, discusses the financial assistance opportunities available for patients with ovarian cancer.
Throughout her life and especially in her fight against lung cancer, Mom set us an example in unconditional devotion, taught our family valuable life lessons and never lost her indomitable spirit.
Hope is a potent ally for the patient with cancer, and it is a response that helps inform a patient's journey with cancer.
Here's how one expert decides on the next steps in treatment when a man with prostate cancer has a rising PSA and no visible metastases.
Finalist essay from the 2009 Extraordinary Healer Award contest.
“Everything is perspective. It's how you look at it.”
Many advances have been made in the fight against prostate cancer in the past two decades, but ZERO will not stop until the disease is completely ended.
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic patients with cancer who are considered to have weakened immune systems need to have a special emphasis placed on their care.
Oncologists are increasingly focusing on treatment-related infertility.