One patient details how her oncology nurse was the caring energy she needed when undergoing treatment for cancer.
Dr. Roy H. Decker is a lung cancer hero — a “triple threat” in lung radiation oncology as a clinical innovator, teacher and ground-breaking clinical trialist, explains a colleague.
At first, I thought I had hemorrhoids, but ended up eventually being diagnosed with anal cancer.
An advocate who lost her life due to metastatic breast cancer is honored for her incredible dedication to helping other women feel less alone during their cancer journeys.
Patients "need to be proactive" as they coordinate care between two diseases.
He dreams that this ever-growing body of knowledge will progressively improve the ability to understand and treat cancer; multiple myeloma has been at the center of this dream.
As difficult as my cancer journey was, there were a lot of good things that came out of it. Cancer changed my life. It changed my perspective. It showed me what is truly important and valuable in life.
When I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, my oncology nurse ended up becoming a trusted friend.
An oncologist describes how gifted and compassionate her primary nurse is with the clinical team and with patients with genitourinary and gynecologic cancers.
One oncology nurse helped her patient with cancer by talking with his insurance carriers to provide a drug he needed for treatment.
A man writes a poem about an ex-girlfriend who discovered she had cancer.
An experienced public health and cancer researcher offers advice to patients newly diagnosed with prostate cancer and discusses barriers to access to care.
A psychotherapist who underwent a bilateral mastectomy writes a haiku about finding acceptance of cancer.
The members of my lung cancer support group recently came up with some responses for when people ask us, "So you have lung cancer — did you smoke?"
An oncologist writes about a local cancer care leader who developed an impressive multidisciplinary cancer team.
Cynthia Chmielewski is a multiple myeloma hero for many around the world.
While PET scans have been used to predict Hodgkin lymphoma outcomes, adding Adcetris to frontline therapy improved outcomes for patients, regardless of their results.
Fear of facing discriminatory behavior within the health care system, along with other factors, may keep members of the LGBTQIA+ community from receiving cancer diagnoses.
A patient details the compassionate support that she received from an oncology nurse while receiving back-to-back treatments for cancer.
A man describes his wife’s tireless efforts to advocate for people of color in the metastatic breast cancer field, where many still face disparities within care, inclusion in clinical trials and survival outcomes.
A woman dedicates a poem to the experience of meeting a fellow breast cancer survivor.
Upal Basu Roy has a true gift of being able to think from his heart. He educates the patient community, helps patients navigate the fragmented system, fights for drug access issues in other countries, addresses disparities and supports patient-driven initiatives in research and advocacy.
Although she has always been driven to excel, Karen Driskill's, M.S., RN, purpose became more focused after her mother-in-law passed away from intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in 2010.
From her earliest childhood days, Tammy Allred, RN, OCN, had a vision for her future: to soothe and to heal.