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  • Learning Medicare’s ABCDs

    Medicare was established to help provide affordable health care coverage for older Americans. But Medicare beneficiaries with cancer can still face financial burdens related to their care.

    by Kate Yandell

  • Planning to Survive

    Survivorship care plans can prepare cancer patients to get the best medical care and maintain their quality of life following treatment.

    by Carly Flumer

  • Targeted Therapy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer?

    A trial of the targeted therapy Tagrisso (osimertinib) for early-stage lung cancer finds that patients who take it go longer without having a cancer recurrence. Whether that should change clinical practice is under discussion.

    by Ashley P. Taylor

  • Cervical Cancer Screening Guideline Updated

    A new version of the American Cancer Society's cervical cancer screening guideline says screening can start at a later age and highlights human papillomavirus testing as the preferred method.

    by Anna Azvolinsky

  • A Missed Conversation

    Despite national guidelines urging oncologists to bring up risks of infertility posed by cancer treatment, many young cancer patients are never told about these risks or counseled on their fertility preservation options.

    by Marcus A. Banks

  • Anal Cancer Diagnoses and Deaths Are Rising in the U.S.

    Study underscores importance of early detection and prevention.

    by Jane Langille

  • The Pandemic’s Impact on Cancer Screening and Detection

    Delays in cancer screening and diagnosis due to the COVID-19 pandemic put people at risk.

    by Kevin McLaughlin

  • The Return to Work

    What happens if your workplace reopens before you're ready to return or you're an essential worker? For some people who have been diagnosed with cancer, accommodations may be possible.

    by Jen Tota McGivney

  • Forward Look

    Here Come the Biosimilars

    As patents expire on biologic drugs, cancer patients get new options.

    by Stephen Ornes

  • Forward Look

    More Treatments Approved for Metastatic Breast Cancer

    Targeted therapy approvals increase options and hope for some patients.

    by Cameron Walker