Karen Patterson

A recent and rare look at long-term lung cancer survivors shows breathlessness among them is persistent and common.

Helen Anbinder of Dobbs Ferry, New York, achieved a lot—and much was achieved on her behalf—in the seven years between her CLL diagnosis and treatment.

Leukemia is more than just one disease.

A wave of new treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukemia can help keep the disease at bay.

Guide for the social media beginner.

Online social media promote connection, education, and support.

Should women under 50 hold off on breast cancer screening?

What role does race and ethnicity play in cancer?

A breast cancer drug delivers a heavy blow to certain stomach cancers.

A Georgia breast cancer survivor shares her experience as a patient navigator, and the importance of this approach.

Chef Hans Rueffert, 37, helps others understand that it's quality, not quantity, of food that matters.

Chronic inflammation causes cancer. Find out how and what's being done about it.

Not only can a chronic inflammatory condition promote cancer, but it can play a role in other conditions including obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

Treating an ovarian cancer relapse as soon as it can be detected seems like a good idea. But not so fast, a major study has concluded.

The mutation of a single gene, the von Hippel-Lindau gene, can lead to the development of clear-cell renal cell carcinomas.

Surgical removal is the treatment of choice for kidney tumors detected early.

Are we closer to treating advanced kidney cancer as a chronic disease?

Testing for HER2 overexpression in breast cancer can affect treatment decisions.

Q&A with Brian Elliott, RN, winner of the 2007 Extraordinary Healer award.

Cancer prevention must be an international effort in the coming decades.

For survivors with chronic pain, being informed—and proactive—could prove life changing.

Why now, more than ever before, life after cancer is part of the public discourse.