Cancer patients often do not understand words their doctors use while talking about chemotherapy, but a new video series helps explain these terms.

by Jen Tota McGivney

Patients with advanced cancer often go to rehabilitation facilities after a hospital stay in hopes of gaining the strength for further treatment, but the majority do not go on to receive additional cancer therapy, a study reports.

by Ashley P. Taylor

Many cancer patients who received genomic testing of their cancers in a clinical trial did not fully understand the purpose of the testing.

by Emma Yasinski

A coalition of wives of African leaders, originally dedicated to addressing HIV/AIDS, is now also taking on the growing problem of cancer.

by Bradley D. Miller, PhD

A study examines how poor and minority patients are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer in the emergency room, and a cancer survivor considers the lasting effects of chemotherapy.

by Bradley Jones

Forward Look

Outcomes are often evaluated using progression-free survival.

by Jasenka Piljac Zegarac

Forward Look

Study supports use of single-session, higher-dose radiation.

by Jane Langille

CAR-T cell therapy has successfully treated some patients with leukemia and lymphoma. Researchers are looking to expand the range of cancers that will respond to the therapy.

by Kendall K. Morgan

Forward Look

Researchers look for easier ways to screen for colorectal cancer in Nigeria.

by Bradley Jones

Q&A

Biochemist Samuel H. Sternberg describes the limitations, realities and potential of gene-editing technology.

by Marci A. Landsmann