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In the world of the Internet, consumers can purchase practically anything they wish for — except a surefire cure for cancer.

A recent study examined common co-morbidities, such as diabetes, heart disease and hypertension, and their effects on ovarian cancer survival.

Cancer has become my unexpected obsession. But there's an upside to that.

A unique story about my service dog and the journey she has taken with me since my cancer diagnosis

When it comes to survival rates for second cancers, younger patients had poorer outcomes than their older counterparts, according to a recent study.

Resiliency is something we really don’t get an opportunity to learn until we are faced with a challenge in life.

All is NOT fair in love and war

While clinical trials are paving the way for new treatments to treat hematologic malignancies, but many patients are apprehensive to participate in them after considering the costs.

How weightlifting helped me through cancer.

Be careful about believing that new drugs could be the "silver bullet" to cure cancer.

We roll the dice every day. When are the odds in our favor?

Just when there's so much to say, you can find yourself walking a verbal tightrope. Let love lead the way.

We need to pace ourselves at the onset for what may be a much longer race than we anticipated.

When I think of living in cancer's shadow, my mind immediately jumps to the dark body that is my constant companion and seems to, paradoxically, grow stronger the brighter the light.

Matthew Yurgelun, M.D., answers questions such as: Which patients with colorectal cancer should recieve molecular testing, and at what point?

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing the nation’s second cooling cap — Paxman Scalp Cooling System — to reduce hair loss in patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy.

In an interview with CURE, Katz, professor of Medicine and Health Management and policy at the University of Michigan, discussed his study of patient reaction to surgeon recommendations about CPM.

Offering comfort and compassion to newly diagnosed women can be a blessing.

What we are called is important to those who give a name power. But the reality is that we are survivors.

Having faith and being patient in a field that is on the cusp of many wonderous things

Glioblastomas are difficult to treat, but researchers are hopeful that clinical trials will lead to new developments.

Amanda Bontempo, MS, RD, CSO, CDN, gives some tips for healthy eating. Join us on 4/18 at 1 PM for our tweetchat, with Bontempo as moderator, to discuss more nutrition.

6 things to help cancer survivors through loss of income.

Cancer survivor is happy to not be the center of so much attention and to move her own attention elsewhere after cancer.

When it rains it pours. These five words can be filled with so much meaning. These five words can be used to describe a lot of happenings in anyone’s life. Trying to avoid the cancer heartache works for a while but when you lift back the current, the fears and anxiety flood in like a heavy rain.

The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to Tecentriq as a frontline treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who are not eligible for cisplatin chemotherapy.

ECAN’s mission is to save lives by making Americans aware that reflux disease can cause cancer, promoting early detection, supporting medical innovation to prevent, detect, treat and cure esophageal cancer and linking patients and families to compassionate support.

What do we do when we get a bad report from the oncologist? How do we cope? Here is one suggestion.