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The panelists acknowledged that many individuals face barriers to receiving regular skin check-ups. Some people – especially those in rural areas – may not have a dermatologist near them. And even if they do make it in to a doctor’s office for a skin check-up, they may not be checked as thoroughly as they should be.

The Food and Drug Administration has granted LOXO-292 a breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of patients with advanced RET fusion–positive thyroid cancer who require systemic therapy, have progressed on prior treatment, and have no other acceptable alternative treatment options, according to a statement from Loxo Oncology, the developer of the selective RET inhibitor.

It's not ghosts and ghouls... it's a reminder of the past.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network updated its Clinical Practice Guidelines to add two new options for the frontline treatment of patients with kidney cancer.

Please, the words "free boob job" and "breast cancer reconstruction" never belong in the same sentence.

New research indicates that aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen (Advil) or naproxen (Aleve) could not only reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, but also improve survival with daily use.

Lynn Schuchter, M.D., discussed immunotherapy and BRAF/MEK inhibition at the Melanoma Action Coalition’s Fall Conference.

Brain cancer survivors are living longer, highlighting the importance of survivorship care for this population.

Survivors who share their voices through blog posts have a big responsibility. Learn how to manage it here.

New drug regimens are not only personalizing the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma, but they’re also improving outcomes, too, explained Chaitra S. Ujjani, M.D.

Cancer took my smile away, but only for a while. Helping others understand what a cancer diagnosis is like will help improve the experience for everyone.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 16-0 in support of the agency granting approval to CT-P10, a biosimilar of Rituxan (rituximab), which is a drug used to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The thinking and memory problems often experienced by patients after cancer treatment may also be linked to a gene associated with Alzheimer's disease risk.

I shared some advice with another soon-to-be caregiver.

Scanxiety, fear of recurrence, whatever you choose to call it, it is real. A sleepless night or hard time here and there doesn't mean you aren't dealing with it well, it means you are human.

Three storytellers offered their experiences with BRCA mutation at a Basser Center for BRCA event in New York City.

Grant to Be Funded by the V Foundation to Early Career Investigator at The University of Kansas Cancer Center

The V Foundation for Cancer Research and Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy Join as Sponsors

Finding a mentor during treatment, or becoming one into survivorship can prove to be very helpful.

Traveling internationally has its challenges, but for those with prosthetics, it's a little more complicated.

These four lessons about what comes after cancer are truly powerful.

Can providers decrease opioid prescriptions after surgery, while still managing care adequately?

The Food and Drug Administration has granted a priority review to a new drug application for selinexor (KPT-330) for the treatment of patients with penta-refractory multiple myeloma.

I have said many times in the past few years that I would love to live in a world without cancer.

Long-term opioid use is more prevalent among patients treated with invasive surgical techniques for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer than those who undergo minimally-invasive surgery.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an expanded age indication for GARDASIL 9 (Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant), according to Merck, the manufacturer of the HPV vaccine.

I didn’t really like this surgeon very much. She was so young and soft spoken.