Charlotte Huff

Progress in lung cancer is likely to stem from targeted treatments.

Better communication tools help patients improve their health literacy.

Interviewing your medical team about multidisciplinary care may prove beneficial.

What is multidisciplinary care, and where can patients get it?

Several factors must be weighed when making a decision about fertility preservation techniques.

Legal issues can complicate fertility preservation.

Patients may be asked to take steps to deplete their body's natural store of iodine so the thyroid will more readily absorb the radioactive iodine treatment and maximize treatment effectiveness

Thyroid cancer's high survival rate masks the sometimes tricky tumor.

What to do about weight gain during treatment.

Start slowly when developing a exercise plan after treatment.

How patients negotiate the transition to their post-treatment life can be framed by a number of factors beyond their control, including age and gender.

Adjusting to life after cancer treatment can be a challenge for both the cancer survivor and the caregiver.

Strategies help patients adjust to life after treatment.

Why aren't more women having breast reconstruction?

The timing of post-mastectomy reconstruction can be impacted by many factors.

Registries reveal links for cancer that runs in the family.

What happens to cancer tissue and why it's so valuable to researchers.

Researchers point to several cancer treatments and tests that emerged from tissue specimens and predict more will follow.

How and if to alter cancer treatment in older people with cancer.

Older cancer patients may have a more crucial need for family support and self-care plans when receiving treatment.