Melissa Weber

A brief discussing the data from the NOAH trial in which Herceptin was added to chemotherapy before surgery for HER2-positive locally advanced breast cancer.

A brief summary of the role estrogen plays in helping treat breast cancer patients who are initially resistant to aromatase inhibitors.

Patient advocates lend a strong voice to this year’s San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

The ethics of cancer research and how it affects you.

Advances in Breast Cancer: A Special Issue

Julia Rowland, PhD, director of the National Cancer Institute's Office of Cancer Survivorship talks about the condition of survivorship care.

New look, same mission.

Patients must balance price of drugs with the literal cost of living.

A more local approach to radiation therapy in less time.

While scientists have known for a century that ionizing radiation can cause cancer, modern srudies strive to uncover potential negatives of radiation across the spectrum.

History of radiation research, discovery, and progress, including the first uses of radiation as cancer therapy.

Cancer develops because of permanent changes in a person's genes. Environmental factors, including various types of radiation exposure, are responsible for gene alterations that scientists are just beginning to understand.

Tips on how to prevent exposure to radon in your home, UV rays from the sun, and radiofrequency from cell phones.