Heather Millar

September 24, 2018

I haven’t written about cancer for about three months. That’s a long time for me.

July 31, 2018

The approach used in discussing palliative care can play a role in whether a patient seeks help.

July 27, 2018

Innovations in drug development, surgery, radiation and clinical trials have investigators hard at work in glioblastoma.

July 03, 2018

While there has been no hard evidence that exercise can improve survival in patients with cancer, it can boost patients' mood and how they feel.

June 06, 2018

Researchers are considering whether some smoldering myelomas warrant treatment and which regimens are best.

May 10, 2018

In pretreated multiple myeloma, experimental CAR-T cell immunotherapy offers the potential for long-term — and possibly even permanent — remission.

March 27, 2018

What happens if your doctor makes a medical mistake, and when is it appropriate to sue?

March 23, 2018

If an oncologist, infusion center nurse or any member of your medical team has asked you a question like that recently, you can thank Dr. Jimmie Holland, a pioneering psychiatrist who died Dec. 24 at the age of 89.

March 21, 2018

We want to accomplish something. We want to love and be loved. We want to explore, achieve, stand out. Yet we will all die someday.

March 19, 2018

If following a particular diet makes sense to you, and you can tolerate it, then by all means do so. But I beg you to remember that even unhealthy things won't kill you in moderation.