Compared with intravenous paclitaxel, the oral form of the chemotherapy drug was associated with improved tumor shrinkage in metastatic breast cancer patients.

by Ashley P. Taylor

A study adds to evidence that many patients with ductal carcinoma in situ do not need to have their lymph nodes removed.

by Cheryl Platzman Weinstock

A study suggests an association between hair dye use and breast cancer, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration adds a new indication for an immunotherapy-chemotherapy combination.

by Kate Yandell

Nutritional epidemiologist Carrie Daniel-MacDougall discusses research suggesting that what patients eat affects their gut microbes—and could influence cancer immunotherapy response.

by Anna Azvolinsky

In a study of women with breast cancer in North Carolina, those who lived in rural areas or were black were more likely than urban white women to report negative changes in their employment.

by Pamela Rafalow Grossman

The financial burden of a cancer diagnosis can lower a patient's credit score.

by Shelly Rosenfeld

Data from Northern Ireland suggest a fifth of cancer diagnoses are made in the emergency department, and a study investigates how the nervous system might be harnessed for cancer treatment.

by Bradley Jones

A study suggests the rate of melanoma diagnoses in adolescents and young adults is falling, and a health care reporter writes about the many difficult decisions she had to make after her cancer diagnosis.

by Kate Yandell

Cognitive behavioral therapy may help cancer survivors cope with fear of recurrence, some studies say.

by Jon Kelvey

Some oncologists do not discuss the costs of genomic testing and resulting treatments with their patients, and preliminary results indicate that a cancer therapy using the CRISPR gene-editing technique is safe.

by Kate Yandell