Articles

Exploring When Breath Becomes Air

Join our Facebook group to talk about themes in the poignant memoir by Paul Kalanithi.

by Marci A. Landsmann
Forward Look

Lung Cancer Biology Differs by Race, Study Shows

Research findings could help improve personalized treatments for lung cancer patients.

by Stephen Ornes
Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Takes Center Stage

A trio of clinical trials at the AACR Annual Meeting spotlight new avenues for non–small cell lung cancer treatment.

by Brad Jones
Forward Look

Treating Early-Stage Lung Cancer

Efforts are underway to define role of high-dose radiation.

by Stephen Ornes
When Cancer Survivors Get Another Cancer

Patients diagnosed with a second cancer may be unnecessarily excluded from clinical trials.

by Kate Yandell
Forward Look

Weighing Tumor Testing

New sequencing tests bring new questions.

by Kate Yandell
Forward Look

Advances in Treating Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Expanded approvals in 2016 increase options.

by Jennifer L.W. Fink
But I Already Have Cancer

For a patient with advanced cancer, how important is screening for other types of cancer?

by Ide Mills
Survivor Profile

Reasons to Dream

Despite a metastatic lung cancer diagnosis, Emily Bennett Taylor was able to look beyond the illness in 2012 to her dream of raising a family. Today, with no evidence of disease, she is the mother of two baby girls.

by Marci A. Landsmann
Forward Look

PET Scan Overuse

Study suggests lung and esophageal cancer survivors receive too many costly scans.

by Kendall K. Morgan

Cancer Talk

Organizations work to broaden eligibility for cancer clinical trials, and an article explores the limitations of personalized mouse models.

by Kate Yandell

Being Candid About Cancer

As a father with an aggressive brain cancer, I’ve opted against elaborate metaphors and in favor of candid speech when talking about cancer with my children.

by Adam Hayden

Sowing Seeds of Health

A program helps cancer survivors start gardens as a way to increase their vegetable consumption and physical activity.

by Ashley P. Taylor

August 3: The Week in Cancer News

A study indicates that being diagnosed with cancer as a child could lead to financial problems later, and the Trump administration relaxes restrictions on short-term health insurance policies.

by Kate Yandell