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  • More Options for Treating Melanoma

    With targeted drugs, immunotherapies and treatment combinations now available, people with advanced melanoma have choices to make.

    by Kendall K. Morgan

  • Survivor Profile

    A Plan of Action

    Jamil Rivers supported her husband through two serious illnesses before she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Her experiences as a Black woman undergoing treatment inspired her to tackle health inequities.

    by Queen Muse

  • Oncology Takes on Cannabis

    People take cannabis to treat an array of cancer-related symptoms and side effects. Legal prohibitions have stymied attempts at research into cannabis in cancer patients, but doctors are finding creative ways to study its effects.

    by Kate Yandell

  • Practical Considerations for Cannabis

    People with cancer who are thinking about using cannabis to manage cancer-related symptoms should seek answers to some practical questions.

    by Kate Yandell

  • Exercise, Cancer and Aging

    A study on aging shows that cancer survivors are at higher risk of losing strength and walking more slowly compared to those with no cancer history. Exercise is one way to combat this decline.

    by Marcus A. Banks

  • Open Medical Records: Pros and Cons

    Patients now have full access to their online medical records. What are the benefits and downsides?

    by Jen Tota McGivney

  • Survivor Profile

    Breaking Down Barriers

    Cancer researcher Vicky Forster draws from her own experience with childhood leukemia to emphasize patient voices in cancer research.

    by Bradley Jones

  • Survivor Profile

    A Return to Carnival

    With a renewed sense of purpose, stage IV lung cancer survivor Oswald Peterson returns to his parents' native Trinidad to celebrate the Caribbean festival.

    by Lindsey Konkel

  • Survivor Profile

    A Voice at Risk

    Rob Paulsen has voiced hundreds of animated characters, but as he prepared to return to a beloved role, cancer threatened his livelihood.

    by Bradley Jones

  • Beating the Bully Inside

    To gain control over fear of my breast cancer recurring, I called on lessons learned as a 5-year-old confronting the neighborhood bully.

    by Joan Harris