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Mom's Cancer Diagnosis: Tips for Families With Young Children
My children are intelligent, thoughtful and sensitive. In this case, telling the truth is not always in their best interest.
Jakafi Continues to Show Long-Term Benefit for Patients With Myelofibrosis
Jakafi (ruxolitinib) continues to work in this population when taken long-term.
Chemo Cycles: And Then There Were Five
Ed's faith in the hope he had found was becoming stronger throughout his cancer treatment.
Jury Awards $72 Million in Talcum-Related Ovarian Cancer Case
A Missouri jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million in damages to the family of a woman who died from ovarian cancer, which she said was caused by products containing talcum powder.
Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer May Be Receiving Too Much Imaging
According to a recent study, many patients with breast cancer are getting sent for unnecessary imaging.
Online Tool That Shares Prices of Cancer Treatments Proves Useful in Pilot Program
Thanks to a new online tool, oncologists can now better understand and be aware of the prices of the drugs and treatments that they recommend.
Oral Cancer: One Family's Journey
More than 50 years after her mother's first diagnosis, Barbara begins to reflect on the many lessons that came from a family member battling oral cancer.
The News Is Bleak and Then It Gets Worse
For more than a year, the pain and restricted movement in my jaw are diagnosed as a common joint disorder, but a loss of hearing changes everything.
Cancer Stress: Suggestions From a Breast Cancer Survivor
A two-time cancer survivor several years out from her first diagnosis shares ways to help your cancer survivor “worry brain.”
Tips and Resources for Easing the Financial Burden of Cancer Copayments
New Study Takes Aim at Reducing Emergency Room Visits By Patients With Cancer
"The overuse of emergency rooms is driving up health care costs and can hurt the quality of patient care in many ways," said Gregory Masters.
Personalizing Care for Children With Medulloblastoma
The coming years look promising for advances in treatment of pediatric brain cancer, according to Matthias A. Karajannis.
Football Legend Applauds Melanoma Researchers and Physicians
Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griese lost his first wife and numerous friends to cancer. Now, he’s using his celebrity to help raise awareness and funds.
FDA Approves Ibrance Plus Faslodex for Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Ibrance for use in combination with Faslodex in pretreated patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.
On Solidarity in Illness and in Health: If We Must Suffer, Let's Suffer Together
Ill or not, so many people suffer. But perhaps in sharing that suffering we can change the face of illness, health, suffering and everything in between.
Combo With Immunotherapy Offers New Option in Kidney Cancer Treatment
New pathways for secondary-line treatment are coming available to patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.
Fiber Intake Reduces Breast Cancer Risk in Young Adults and Adolescents
Women in their teens and early adulthood may be able to reduce their risk of breast cancer by eating a diet rich in fiber, according to a recent study.
Striving to Answer the Big Questions in Brain Cancer Care
Andrew S. Chi discusses some of the exciting new advancements for treatment of brain cancer.
Financial Toxicity: The Burden That Lingers After Cancer
When it Comes to Breast Cancer, I Run for Life
Fellow cancer survivor Melisa Etheridge's song "I Run for Life" has gained a permanent spot on my running playlist because it reminds me why I run.
Rizvi on Current Landscape, New Research in Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer
Q & A with Naiyer Rizvi on the progression of immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
On Being a Rebel and Going Against Medical Advice
At the end of the day, it is the patient who gets to decide what kind of medical treatment is best for them. Doctors may not always like their choice.
Chemo Day 2: The Caregivers
Caregivers are not only meaningful and uplifting, but also a necessity for patients.
FDA Places Full Clinical Hold on Myelofibrosis Drug Pacritinib
The FDA has placed a full clinical hold on pacritinib following reports of patient deaths related to intracranial hemorrhage, cardiac failure and cardiac arrest in the phase 3 PERSIST-2 trial.
Colon Cancer and Lynch Syndrome: Know Your Risks
As Colon Cancer Awareness Month approaches, know your risks for both cancer and Lynch Syndrome, a genetic syndrome that could make you more susceptible to a number of different cancers.
Coping With Cancer Pain
Explaining our cancer to the rest of the world.
Getting Back to Work After a Diagnosis of Metastatic Cancer
We should not assume that people diagnosed with metastatic disease will want to quit work. We need to ask patients with newly diagnosed metastatic disease how they view and value their jobs.
When Cancer Invites Random Acts of Kindness
Sometimes a scarf will turn a cancer patient into a kindness magnet. Wearing this symbolic covering taught me that even strangers want to help us through the day in our cancer journeys. I learned to let them.
Cancer Can Be Finite: Giving Hope at Diagnosis
Hope? Several years out, a breast cancer and melanoma survivor contemplates what comforted her and could have comforted at the time of diagnosis and early in her treatment.
Cancer Patience: A Meditation on Waiting
The smorgasbord of waiting that is laid out before you when diagnosed with cancer would be farcical if it were not so physically, psychologically and emotionally draining.