Executive Editor Kevin McLaughlin discusses the book that inspired the documentary 'Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies.'
by Kevin McLaughlin
Forward Look
A Champion for Prevention | National Clinical Trials Network Now Underway | Getting Breakthrough Pain Under Control | Growing Pains | Personalizing Prostate Cancer Treatment | Hope for a Future Family | 'Sir' and 'Ladies': Can We Tell You About Cancer?
Make the most of your days despite the uncertainty that comes with metastatic disease.
by Hester Hill Schnipper
Explore insurance options with the patient to ensure proper health coverage and less stress.
by Michelle Johnston-Fleece
Understanding how you learn best can help you get the most out of your meetings with your medical team.
by Ide Mills
As researchers unravel the extent and scientific underpinnings of tobacco-related cancers and addiction, patients can seek support to quit tobacco or cope with the stigma often associated with these cancers.
by Stephen Ornes
A Pulitzer Prize-winning book about cancer becomes a documentary after noted filmmaker Ken Burns signs on.
by Marilyn Fenichel
Survivor Profile
Bladder cancer survivor Randy Layne and his wife, Ellen, faced his diagnosis, treatment and recovery together.
by Martha Irvine
Yesterday & Today
Fred Rogers, better known as Mister Rogers, taught children compassion for themselves and others. He died from stomach cancer in 2003, but his legacy lives on in television programs for kids today.
by Sue Rochman
More than half of cancer patients are over 65, but not all older cancer patients should be treated alike. That's where geriatric oncology comes in.
by Yasmine Iqbal
Healthy Habits
Antioxidant Protection | Room to Improve
Psychiatrist Michael Sharpe suggests a new approach to identifying and treating depression in cancer patients.
by Marci A. Landsmann
Starting up a cancer blog, dealing with post-treatment fatigue, and helping a loved one with cancer from a distance
Cancer survivor helps parents with life-threatening diseases make legacy videos for their children.
by Leigh Labrie
Jonah Eller-Isaacs, Mary Ganley, Erica Campbell.
A survey finds many patients prefer talking through imaging findings related to cancer with their physician rather than viewing reports online—but only if the wait for results is short.
by Cindy Kuzma
Immune checkpoint inhibitors can be effective treatments for elderly people with some types of advanced cancer, but more information is needed on their risks and benefits in this group.
by Emma Yasinski
Uterine cancer incidence is increasing in the U.S., particularly in Hispanic, Asian and black women, but obesity may play a smaller role in this change than was previously assumed.
by Ashley P. Taylor
Palliative care physician Dawn Gross helps people talk about death by focusing on what they want during life.
by Amy Paturel
Hillary Stires writes about a conversation with a patient advocate that changed how she thought about her work.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a second targeted therapeutic based on tumor biomarker, not tumor origin.
A congressional briefing provided information on vaccination, screening and treatment for cancers caused by the human papillomavirus.
A Lesson in Service
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