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 study illuminates the alcohol consumption habits of cancer survivors.
by Jen Tota McGivney
A father with metastatic kidney cancer embraces moments with his 3-year-old son while pondering how he’ll be remembered.
by Adam P. Stern
The number of cancer patients and survivors visiting emergency departments for opioid overdoses more than doubled between 2006 and 2015, but overdoses are still uncommon in this group.
by Emma Yasinski
A study shows that some cancer patients wish they had known more about possible adverse effects of treatment.
by Jon Kelvey
Cervical cancer now accounts for less than 1% of cancer-related deaths among women in the United States.
The first new anti-cancer therapeutics approved in 2020 are for the treatment of two different types of soft tissue sarcoma.
Imaging a patient’s cancer—and the responses generated by the immune system—can provide information that may guide treatment decisions.
Handle With Care
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