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Members of the public can submit comments to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on its draft recommendation statement on sun protection until Nov. 6, 2017.

Opdivo (nivolumab) was granted a priority review to a supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) to treat patients with melanoma who have a high risk of disease recurrence after complete surgical resection, according to Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), the company that makes the drug.

Genetics may play a role in chemotherapy-related fatigue, according to a recent study.

Breast cancer always leaves scars. Some are visible and some are not. Today, I'd like to focus on the visible scars.

Cancer is a serious disease, but approaching life with a lighter and happier attitude will help cancer survivors.

If cancer hadn't happened to me, what would I be like? Have you ever asked yourself that?

Overall survival (OS) was improved when patients with advanced liver cancer took Cabometyx (cabozantinib), compared to those who were given placebo. All participants previously took Nexavar (sorafenib).

The origin of that pink ribbon may surprise you.

Anniversaries in the calendar of cancer can be challenging. Make new memories to compete with the old.

Two-time cancer survivor and clutter-clearing expert offers tips for an easier Halloween for cancer survivors.

During cancer, one person can take on different roles and serve different purposes.

Two-time cancer survivor shares the frustrations of struggling with chemo brain. And yes, it's real.

Those of us who have suffered often fear what can go wrong with them. But the more we know our bodies, the more we can love them and ourselves.

A man with breast cancer invites real women to wear blue.

If cancer gave us one gift in life, it was the friendships formed along the way.

The way that newly diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma is treated has changed significantly over recent years, especially as new drugs moved into the treatment realm for the disease, says Shaji K. Kumar, M.D.

Post-traumatic stress affects more than just the person with breast cancer. It affects entire families and often, spouses suffer in silence.

A number of patients with lung cancer have benefitted from immunotherapy agents, and researchers in the field are excited that these treatments will continue to improve the field.

Verzenio (abemaciclib) was granted a priority review to a new drug application (NDA) to be used in combination with an aromatase inhibitor for the frontline treatment of women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer, according to Eli Lilly and Company, the manufacturer of the drug.

Several questions still remain regarding the treatment strategies for elderly patients with multiple myeloma, many of whom may have other comorbidities or trouble tolerating therapies.

How has the most successful cancer awareness movement become so polarizing?

Reflections on a night to celebrate and honor those affected by cancer.

Nothing, not even recovering from breast cancer, could keep me from going tubing with my son.

Studies have shown that African American women tend to have worse outcomes after ovarian cancer surgery than their white counterparts.

The pharmaceutical company Clovis Oncology filed a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to the FDA for their drug Rubraca (rucaparib) to be used as maintenance therapy for patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who are in a complete or partial response to platinum-based chemotherapy.

Although hospitals can be like a second home, there is really no place like home

Before I was diagnosed, I had my share of illnesses, but none that slowed me down like cancer could.

Cancer survivors need to be alert to side effects from chemotherapy.

Seven-year cancer survivor shares tips to help you get through cancer.