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When I began my medical oncology career more than 30 years ago, I was determined to be among the first generation of researchers to cure cancer.

All in all, I’m very pleased with being able to get my oral chemo directly from my clinic’s pharmacy. The staff knows me and they know my doctor.

Adaptive clinical trials are poised to deliver hope to patients with pancreatic cancer.

Treating people with cancer requires the coordination of complex care, and adding a clinical trial to the mix can pose more challenges.

I didn’t like thinking of myself as a “survivor.” There was something … I don’t know. Something a little shameful, maybe, about it.

Associating luck with any disease is unfair.

Twenty-year-old men think they are invincible. They wake up each morning thinking that nothing can stop them and that is one of the best feelings in the world.

I poignantly remember an eloquent wife of a patient who died of acute leukemia shared her analogy with me. She stated, “You know when my dog died, I got a card from my vet. When my husband died, I got nothing.”

Life after a hysterectomy is one of the many challenges I have had to overcome.

This is my survivor story and how my dragon boat involvement continues to help me get through my breast cancer journey.

I was given a three- to five-year life expectancy. I told my neuro-oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center that all I heard was that I could expect more life.

Proper oral care is vital during cancer treatment, explains a dental hygienist who specialized in dental oncology.

Cancer can make you braver than you ever thought you were.

For a while, it seemed like Jennifer had the perfect life. She was expecting a baby girl and marrying the love of her life. Then things took a turn and she was thrown into single motherhood with a cancer diagnosis.

If exercise were a medical treatment for cancer patients, I believe that doctors would prescribe it.