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  • Forward Look

    Medicare to Cover Lung Cancer Screening

    In high-risk current and former smokers, screening can reduce cancer deaths.

    by Michael Eisenstein

  • Forward Look

    Does Testicular Cancer Screening Save Lives?

    Doctors recommend self-exam, even though guidelines discourage it.

    by Roxanne Nelson

  • Yesterday & Today

    Improbable Champion

    Susan Butcher won Alaska's grueling Iditarod dog-sled race four times. Her 2005 leukemia diagnosis marked the beginning of her greatest challenge.

    by Jocelyn Selim

  • Healthy Habits

    A Cup of Tea?

    Black tea consumption may be associated with a reduced risk of ovarian cancer.

    by Kurt Ullman

  • Survivor Profile

    An Unplanned Event

    After a stage III cancer diagnosis, event planner Kim Hall Jackson gave up the illusion of control and started using her talents to promote screening among African-Americans.

    by Leigh Labrie

  • Forward Look

    Hope for a Future Family

    Fertility preservation outcomes may vary with cancer diagnosis.

    by Kendall K. Morgan

  • Survivor Profile

    Hope and Endurance

    Bladder cancer survivor Randy Layne and his wife, Ellen, faced his diagnosis, treatment and recovery together.

    by Martha Irvine

  • Yesterday & Today

    A Beautiful Neighbor

    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

  • Forward Look

    Guiding the Way

    American Cancer Society releases prostate cancer survivorship guidelines.

    by Stephen Ornes

  • Forward Look

    Deciphering New Rates of Thyroid Cancer

    Experts are divided on whether the increase is due to more cancer or more diagnoses.

    by Melissa Weber