Laura Beil

Clinical trials of potential drugs are getting more sophisticated.

Targeted drugs can come at a heavy cost for patients.

The promise and reality of targeted cancer drugs.

Caregivers need to help patients keep their minds and bodies active.

Addressing and correcting cognitive problems in older cancer patients.

Flipping cancer's "off" switch.

Epigenetics has broad impact on overall health.

Epigenetics may turn the field of toxicology upside down.

Childhood cancer garners sympathy from all, but drug development from few.

Researchers explore ways to improve drug evaluations in pediatric clinical trials.

Advocates are working together to increase awareness and research in childhood cancers.

A new approach to radiation treatment in early-stage breast cancer employs a larger dose on a shorter schedule.

New optical imaging techniques may help find cancers that aren't otherwise obvious

Scientists are making progress on an approach that might one day help ensure that a brain tumor, once gone, stays gone.

As more cancer drugs become self-administered, why aren’t patients taking their medicine?

Researchers and advocates offer explanations for why patients may not take their medicine as directed and suggestions on what can help.

Hospice nurses see their profession as a calling.

The individual & family decisions behind testing for genetic cancer risk.