A professional photographer shares advice on living in the moment after caring for his father, who had stage IV lung cancer.
by Jay Perry
A study finds that patients with cancer not only say they are willing to make financial sacrifices for treatment but actually have done so.
by Marilyn Fenichel
Q&A
Palliative care specialist Jessica Nutik Zitter offers tips to help ensure that patients’ values guide end-of-life decisions.
by Marci A. Landsmann
Sound Advice
A patient support expert offers guidance on how to respond to news of a friend’s cancer diagnosis.
Forward Look
Pediatric oncology providers vary in their recommendations on school attendance.
by Melinda Mahaffey Icden
YOUR CANCER GUIDE
A second opinion can provide additional information to determine the best treatment course.
by Hester Hill Schnipper
CAREGIVING WITH CONFIDENCE
Recognize the signs of a serious mental illness and get help if you need it.
by Lisa O’Leary
Cancer rehabilitation can help patients before and after treatment, but it’s still not widely used.
by Cameron Walker
In a Facebook Live discussion about When Breath Becomes Air, Lucy Kalanithi talks about safeguarding a person’s identity in the face of terminal disease and shares tips and resources for caregiving.
At first, I wanted to hide my cancer diagnosis. My son showed me what a mistake that was.
by Lenn Robbins
A study sheds light on the difficulty patients have in accessing their medical records, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expands approval of the human papillomavirus vaccine.
by Kate Yandell
Cancer immunology researchers are awarded a Nobel Prize, and a seventh immune checkpoint inhibitor is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The human papillomavirus vaccine can significantly cut recipients’ risk of several types of cancer. So why are vaccination rates relatively low in the U.S.?
by Brad Jones
A study investigates whether artificial intelligence can reduce false-positive mammograms.
Three new cancer treatments have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
James P. Allison, PhD, a Fellow of the AACR Academy, won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work in cancer immunotherapy.
Janet Freeman-Daily: On Lung Cancer and Blame
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