Breast Cancer

An ongoing phase 1 trial is analyzing the use of a novel cancer vaccine plus the immunotherapy agent, Keytruda, for patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

My doctor and I have different communication styles, though it is extremely important that we understand each other.

When my daughter was going through cancer, I realized that connecting with one her peers going through a similar experience was incredibly helpful.

Here’s a new term for me: Response shift.

As wide receiver John Metchie returns to the field after cancer experience, and coach Brent Venables announces wife’s cancer diagnosis, this is what’s happening in the oncology space this week.

No one talks about the “rabbit hole” that patients with cancer experience, even as time passes.

My mom kept me safe from everything, until cancer showed her she couldn’t.

The phase 3 KEYNOTE-756 trial revealed improvements in complete response rate for patients with high-risk, early-stage ER+/HER2- breast cancer.

As Ben Alldis reveals previous cancer diagnosis and Luke Combs brings a Make-a-Wish cancer survivor on stage during a concert venue, this is what’s occurring in the oncology space this week.

We recently asked our audience of patients, survivors and caregivers about the ongoing cisplatin and carboplatin shortage. Here’s what they had to say.

It’s strange how an event can unfold on the national stage, and it validates something that you have been pointing out for years.

It’s amazing the cancer resources and community we have now — something my mom didn’t have.

New cancer treatments have offered me hope.

Receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer and radiation treatment were both associated with increased rates of biological aging among patients who participated in a recent study.

Chemotherapy treatment can lead to bacterial changes in the gut and unhealthy weight gain for patients, with potential higher risk of morbidity and reduced quality of life, according to recent research.

As Jill Biden helps to heighten Medicare for cancer patients, 15-year old swimmer raises money for Swim Across America and Carlos Carrasco furthers his program, “Cookie’s Kids,” this is what is happening in the oncology space this week.

Even though I did smoke cigarettes, I made sure that I didn't smoke enough to get cancer from it.

From Stand Up to Cancer honoring survivors at a Minor League baseball game, to Maria Menounos showing her cancer scars on Instagram, here’s what’s happening in the oncology space this week.

After being diagnosed with cancer, I experienced the fear of missing out, but eventually replaced it with the joy of missing out.

Looking back on the nine years since being diagnosed with breast cancer, here are my perceptions and reflections of the disease.

Writing about my breast cancer experience became cathartic to me, and eventually my journal entries were compiled into a book, “Feisty Righty.”

Treatment time for patients with early-detected breast cancer may be reduced by one week with the use of simulated integrated boost (SIB) radiotherapy.

Dealing with my cancer was much easier than dealing with the possibility of my mother’s cancer.

From YouTuber Grace Helbig announcing her cancer diagnosis to the NFL’s Foster Moreau being in full remission, here’s what’s happening in the oncology space this week.

Raising awareness for cancer survivors is important, and I try to do just that.

Findings from a study conducted in women with a history of breast cancer demonstrated that treatment with donepezil, which is typically used to treat symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, did not improve cognitive impairment, or “chemo brain.”

Cryotherapy may reduce the occurrence of peripheral neuropathy in patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy with paclitaxel and nab-paclitaxel, according to recent findings from an analysis.

Dr. Susan Love, founder of the Dr. Susan Love Foundation for Breast Cancer Research, died of leukemia.

Kim Stuck credits her cannabis use to the fact that she maintained her weight, was able to work out and was not in pain during breast cancer treatment.

In my wife’s family, the same pathogenic BRCA2 mutation is shared among 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and possibly 6th degree (too young to test) blood relatives.