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Chemobrain: It’s Not Your Imagination
Scientists discussed the mechanisms of chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment at a session dedicated to symptom science at the AACR Annual Meeting 2021.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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Searching the Blood for Signs of Altered Immunity
The immune systems of people with blood cancer respond differently to infection with the coronavirus than the immune systems of people without cancer or with solid tumors.
by Kate Yandell
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When Cancer’s Spread Is Limited
People with cancer that has spread to only a few locations—called oligometastatic cancer—may benefit from aggressive local treatment.
by Kate Yandell
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Forward Look
A Strategy to WatchSome rectal cancer patients may safely avoid life-altering surgery.
by Kristine Conner
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Healthy Habits
Daily DoseAspirin can be taken daily to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, but it's not recommended for everyone.
by Bradley Jones
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Forward Look
What’s Next? Spring 2021A new way to evaluate patients with prostate cancer.
by Christina Bennett
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From the Editor-in-Chief
Cancer in Adolescents and Young AdultsPatients in this age group have particular needs, and cancer centers are beginning to tailor programs for them.
by William G. Nelson, MD, PhD
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Sound Advice
Spring 2021vol 11 | issue 01
Maintaining relationships through cancer, feeling unappreciated as a caregiver, and finding information that's relevant to young people with cancer. -
Forward Look
New Therapies for Metastatic Lung CancerSeveral targeted drugs were approved in 2020 to treat the most common type of lung cancer.
by Ashley P. Taylor
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More Ways to Treat Advanced Kidney Cancer
New drugs and drug combinations are helping more patients live longer with advanced kidney cancer. But questions remain about how best to choose among them.
by Kendall K. Morgan
Cancer Talk
Living With Your Loved One’s Prostate Cancer
Christine Ledbetter on the ways her husband’s prostate cancer affected their relationship and finding support as a caregiver.
by Christine Ledbetter
Continuing the ConversationThe AACR hosts a roundtable to ‘get real’ about cancer health disparities.
by Marci A. Landsmann
More Patients Participating in Cancer ResearchA higher proportion of cancer patients are enrolling in research studies than previously thought, but many patients lack the access needed to participate.
by Kyle Bagenstose
Immunotherapy Drug Tarlatamab Approved for Advanced Small Cell Lung CancerThe drug showed promise in treating small cell lung cancer that had progressed during or after chemotherapy.
by Laura Gesualdi-Gilmore