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After Shigeo Tsuruoka was diagnosed with stomach cancer, his family came together to help him. His daughter, Aki Smith, was by his side as he navigated treatment and recovery. Now she offers guidance to other stomach cancer patients and caregivers.

by Kate Yandell
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
Clues to Stomach Cancer Discovered in South America

Findings could help in cancer prevention.

by Alexandra Goho

Clinical health psychologist Jamie Ostroff discusses how feelings of blame surrounding a lung cancer diagnosis affect physical and mental health.

by Jen Tota McGivney

A proposed federal rule says that patients must be informed after mammograms if they have dense breasts.

by Carly Weeks

Drugs that target DNA repair enzymes may provide alternatives to long-term chemotherapy for some patients with pancreatic cancer.

by Kate Yandell

Survivors and advocates display their posters alongside the work of thousands of cancer researchers.

by Kevin McLaughlin

From the AACR

A pair of studies demonstrated encouraging clinical outcomes with two different CAR T-cell therapies for patients with advanced solid tumors.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved an immunotherapeutic for breast cancer.

Researchers are studying how to treat EGFR-positive non-small cell lung cancer that has become resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

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