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Patients with newly diagnosed metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who had higher levels of vitamin D in their blood lived a median of eight months longer and experienced greater disease-free survival after their cancer treatment, according to research reported at the 2015 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

A "watch and wait" surveillance approach may allow certain patients with rectal cancer to achieve excellent outcomes without immediate surgery, according to a retrospective review of clinical data presented at the 2015 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

A phase 3 trial of Opdivo (nivolumab) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer was stopped early after results determined that the drug improves survival.

Results of a phase 2 study showed that women with small, stage 1 HER2-positive breast cancer who received a combination of lower-intensity chemotherapy and Herceptin following surgery were highly unlikely to have a recurrence.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee unanimously recommended approval of EP2006, a biosimilar version of Neupogen (filgrastim).

Men undergoing prostate cancer treatment should give special attention to ensuring good pelvic floor strength in order to reduce side effects of treatment and maximize urinary and sexual function.

January is National Blood Donors Month. Some survivors are eligible to roll up a sleeve and give fellow cancer patients the ultimate gift.

Lauren Hill, a college basketball player diagnosed with a rare childhood brain tumor, brought attention to the disease and raised more than $1 million for DIPG research. Hill passed away on April 10.

American Cancer Society's annual report shows 1.5 million deaths averted over the past two decades, as well as a jump in survivorship numbers.

As a lung cancer researcher and medical director of the Thoracic Oncology Program at the Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle, Wash., Howard L. "Jack" West has made communicating with oncology specialists and patients part of his professional mission.

Caregivers walk alongside cancer patients through every step of the journey.

A spouse describes his wife's arrival in Cancerland

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One-third of men over 70 years of age who undergo radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer and then experience biochemical recurrence have no need for salvage treatment, according to a recent study.

The FDA has updated the label for Gazyva (obinutuzumab) plus chlorambucil to include data from stage 2 of the phase 3 CLL11 study, which detailed an improvement in progression-free survival as a frontline treatment for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

As I count my many blessings, my wish for you is that you are able to hold fast to the moment and breathe in all that you have, all that is dear to you now and that you, too, will fill your stockings with the presence and love of the moment. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

The mental challenges of having stage 4 breast cancer are just as overwhelming as the physical ones.

Sometimes a break from routine can remind us why we're fighting to live

The PD-1 inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) was granted accelerated approval for patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma following treatment with Yervoy (ipilimumab) or a BRAF inhibitor.

The mental noise that comes with cancer is deafening. Taking cancer time-outs can quiet your anxiety.

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The Food and Drug Administration approves Lynparza (olaparib) for the treatment of women with BRCA-positive advanced ovarian cancer.

Two HER2-targeting regimens anchored by Kadcyla (T-DM1) failed to outperform the standard strategy of Herceptin plus chemotherapy in women newly diagnosed with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer.

The addition of Avastin (bevacizumab) to standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy significantly improved pathologic complete response rates in women with basal-like breast cancer compared with non-basal-like subtypes.

Learning to cope with a cancer diagnosis is an ongoing process. Coming face to face with death forces one to reexamine what is really important.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Somatuline Depot (lanreotide) for the treatment of patients with unresectable, well or moderately differentiated, locally advanced or metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs), based on findings from the phase 3 CLARINET study.

Faslodex (fulvestrant) improved overall survival by nearly six months compared with anastrozole as initial hormone therapy for postmenopausal women with estrogen receptor-positive advanced breast cancer, according to findings from the phase 2 FIRST trial.

The FDA has approved Cyramza (ramucirumab) in combination with docetaxel for the treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumor has progressed during or following treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy.

Dr. Mary Claire King's search for the breast cancer gene spanned 20 years.