Breast Cancer

Most people are in the dark about Lynch syndrome, a condition that predisposes individuals to cancer. Patient advocacy group AliveAndKickn works to illuminate the issue.

With the COVID-19 Pandemic making a major impact on the cancer landscape, Dr. Len Lichtenfeld discusses how the coronavirus is impacting the patient's cancer treatment and what can be done to navigate it.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the country, patients with breast cancer who were scheduled to have reconstructive surgery, or were considering the procedure, have been forced to wait until all elective surgeries can begin again. However, the AiRS Foundation continues to educate women on their options for breast reconstruction.

Undertaking the cancer journey is a daunting task with its own challenges and tough questions to face, but that doesn't mean you have to do it alone.

“(Feeling calm after my breast cancer diagnosis) had to do with the fact that I empowered myself with education.”

As we enter a new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic cancer survivors know all too well what that "new normal" means.

You don't have to be "difficult" to speak up for yourself and get the care you deserve.

Having cancer is hard enough, but "orphan diseases" can add another degree of division and its own form of social distancing.

As patients begin to look at what’s to come when lockdown measures in place are relaxed a new logistical puzzle will pop for some.

There are advantages and disadvantages to delaying elective reconstructive breast surgery, according to one expert.

A newly diagnosed patient talks about her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patients with breast cancer have come to terms that the risks of having reconstructive surgery at this time are too great, according to one expert.

How can we relax and move forward when cancer and COVID-19 take up so much of our day?

A newly-diagnosed patient talks about her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Based on objective response rate and duration of response measured in a phase 2 study, the Food and Drug Administration approved Trodelvy, an antibody-drug conjugate, for use in previously treated patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Traditionally, it is the younger generations that become caregivers first. But cancer alters the best-laid plans.

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The Food and Drug Administration approved Tukysa, which is indicated for use with two other drugs after patients have completed treatment with prior therapies targeting the protein HER2.

The COVID-19 Pandemic has drastically altered the landscape for both oncology professionals and patients with cancer. For oncology nurse Patricia Jakel, the pandemic has altered both her professional and personal lives as an oncology professional and patient.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many to shelter in place causing a rare form of isolation. One that has even challenged a group of people used to challenges, patients with cancer and survivors.

From legendary singer-songwriter John Prine passing away due to coronavirus complications to one patient’s doctor seeing her through her scan when her family couldn’t be there due to COVID-19 restrictions, here’s what is making the headlines in the cancer space this week.

Decades after being tested for hereditary risk, two women — who had the same doctor — discovered they got the wrong results.

A guy with breast cancer has a simple suggestion for coping with stress.