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A fun-filled day turned into a stressful night, followed by an even more terrifying morning when I felt a lump

High cholesterol is a huge problem in America today, but are the statin drugs used to control high cholesterol potentially dangerous? Could these medications pose a health risk to cancer patients?

If an oncologist, infusion center nurse or any member of your medical team has asked you a question like that recently, you can thank Dr. Jimmie Holland, a pioneering psychiatrist who died Dec. 24 at the age of 89.

"I saw people in my life go through cancer, but seeing my daughter do it was devastating," he said.

Chemotherapy can aid in making a tumor “hot” – meaning that it attracts tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), which are linked to killing tumor cells – priming it to respond better to immunotherapy treatment.

Kevin unleashes his inner guilt for the benefit of you, gentle readers.

The Right-to-Try bill recently passed in the United States House of Representatives.

Tasigna (nilotinib) was granted Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, to be used in the first- and second-line setting for pediatric patients 1 year old or older who have Philadelphia chromosome–positive chronic myeloid leukemia in the chronic phase (Ph+ CML-CP).

Take a look at how radiation therapy can impact the future health of your heart.

After a recent FDA approval for an additional dosing schedule option for Opdivo, patients must be educated on the potential side effects that may occur between prolonged visits.

In this episode, we’ll talk with founder Donna Deegan herself about the foundation and its efforts, as well as the foundation’s executive director Amanda Napolitano on how much they have raised so far, and we’ll hear from one very inspiring participant Hollis Youngner.

Watching your child go through cancer is difficult, but this mother explained how she stayed hopeful.

A recent study conducted at UCLA showed that nearly all patients with uveal melanoma reported having unmet psychologic and informational needs, especially in the few months following their diagnosis.

May we not focus on our differences, but focus on what we can do to offer a hand to any other woman and person in need.

We want to accomplish something. We want to love and be loved. We want to explore, achieve, stand out. Yet we will all die someday.

Cancer has taught me to be stoic when necessary, needy when appropriate and mindful at all times that the physical body is both fragile and resilient.

Celebrating milestones along a cancer journey is an important way to remember how far we've come. This post will offer ideas for your next celebration.

Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin), in combination with chemotherapy, was granted approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a frontline treatment option for patients with stage 3 or 4 classical Hodgkin lymphoma, according to the manufacturer of the drug, Seattle Genetics.

Since my cancer diagnosis at the age of 32, I put a little target on turning 40. It was more like a hope. I hoped I’d get the chance to celebrate being 40.

Cancer survivors need role models. Senator Mary Gordon Ellis (1890-1934) has inspired women in South Carolina for generations. Her ability to juggle cancer and life remains a beacon to all of us.

The Food and Drug Administration granted Xtandi (enzalutamide) a priority review to a supplemental new drug application for the treatment of patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, according to the companies developing the drug, Pfizer and Astellas.

The combination induced a 31 percent disease control rate (DCR) in patients with heavily-pretreated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Cancer may be a lonely disease, but at the end of the day, we're all in this together.

If following a particular diet makes sense to you, and you can tolerate it, then by all means do so. But I beg you to remember that even unhealthy things won't kill you in moderation.

Although the wounds inflicted by cancer may not always be externally visible, they are there. Our society is full of those scarred for life, they are cancer's walking wounded.

Findings from an early phase clinical trial that used a so-called “smart bomb” virus — which was altered to attack tumor cells rather than normal cells — appeared to show promise in this area.

Breast cancer survivor says let's call a spade a spade: We are afraid our disease will kill us. But, there is help to manage that fear

How a total stranger from Tennessee turned out to be my brother.

Expert Leslie Schover, Ph.D., offers advice — that really works — on sex after cancer treatment.

It's simple, nontoxic and free. This cancer survivor shows you how to add a little lift to your life.