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.
Cognitive behavioral therapy may help cancer survivors cope with fear of recurrence, some studies say.
by Jon Kelvey
Cancer patients often do not understand words their doctors use while talking about chemotherapy, but a new video series helps explain these terms.
by Jen Tota McGivney
Patients with advanced cancer often go to rehabilitation facilities after a hospital stay in hopes of gaining the strength for further treatment, but the majority do not go on to receive additional cancer therapy, a study reports.
by Ashley P. Taylor
Many cancer patients who received genomic testing of their cancers in a clinical trial did not fully understand the purpose of the testing.
by Emma Yasinski
After decades of failed efforts to target the elusive KRAS, encouraging data suggest KRAS could finally be dethroned from the “undruggable” category.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an ovarian cancer treatment based on new biomarker.
Lung cancer—one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States—is an area of intense research and clinical development.
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