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Unlike stem cell transplant, which has strict eligibility criteria, the majority of patients with blood cancer may be able to receive CAR-T cell therapy, regardless of other comorbidities, explained an expert.

A patient’s experience with polycythemia vera — a rare blood cancer — led to her becoming an advocate for others to help ease all the nerves and uncertainty that many patients face when they hear they have cancer.

The FDA’s decision to OK Lynparza is based on data from the OlympiA trial, which showed that Lynparza reduced the risk of invasive breast cancer recurrences, second cancers or death by 42% versus placebo after initial treatment with chemotherapy.

The FDA plans to speed up its review of HPN217 for the treatment of patients with relapsed, refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least four prior lines of therapy.

The pain and numbness from chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy — commonly referred to as CIPN — can severely impact the lives of patients with cancer, though there are ways that patients can mitigate the intensity or live better with the condition.

I’ve been feeling like I’m walking on eggshells around my doctor, so I think it’s time that we see other people.

From Emilio Delgado, the actor who portrayed Luis on “Sesame Street”, dying from multiple myeloma to actor Benjamin Bratt discussing his wife’s breast cancer journey, here’s what’s happening in the cancer space this week.

Drugs that control blood pressure and lower cholesterol, among others, may help patients derive greater benefit from cancer treatment, but study findings have left researchers reassessing their next moves.

The rare cancer, known as adenoid cystic carcinoma, is diagnosed in fewer than 1,500 people in the United States each year and is often found in the salivary glands, a part of the body associated with helping a person swallow and digest food.

The recent FDA approval of the CAR-T cell therapy Carvykti represents a life-changing advancement for patients with multiple myeloma whose disease progressed after countless other treatments, according to an expert.

After seeing my brother go through extraordinary pain because of lymphoma and then surviving breast cancer myself, I always pushed through the pain — even when I shouldn’t have.

Aesthetic appearances, according to an expert at the UCSF, are often important for patients following the surgical treatment of cancer. Advancements in this space over the past 20 years have allowed many to patients to look as normal as possible.

Recently approved, by the Food and Drug Administration, Besremi has demonstrated to be effective and safe for patients with polycythemia vera — adding hope to their treatment regimen.

Maintenance therapy with Ninlaro and Revlimid in patients with recently diagnosed multiple myeloma who underwent a stem cell transplant may safely improve survival, although more research is needed especially in high-risk patients.

Maintaining a healthy diet during treatment may help combat side effects.

My osteosarcoma has been under control for a few years now, and in my moments of free time, I start to feel guilty for lacking the drive to take on more.

Although multiple myeloma survival rates have improved over the past 20 years, the survival gap among socioeconomic groups has widened.

Over the past several years, multiple treatment advancements have given oncologists the ability to better target brain metastases in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Despite several FDA drug approvals over the past few years in the cholangiocarcinoma space, many patients are ineligible for these treatments as a first option, signaling a significant unmet need.

When early-stage breast cancer regimens are based on an individual patient’s risk, there may be an opportunity to improve outcomes while mitigating severe side effects, too.

While a recent health scare ruined a family vacation, I vowed to keep making plans and always look ahead to brighter days.

Sara Montiel shares her experience and how time helped her find the confidence she needed for herself and her young daughter

From ototoxicity to body image issues after cancer, here's a look at the most recent issue of Heal®.

The time patients with resected melanoma, a type of skin cancer, lived without their disease spreading to distant organs improved drastically after treatment with Keytruda.

Increased resources and technological advances have allowed cancer survivors experiencing psychological side effects to seek help that might not have been available to them 20 years ago.

Cancer took a toll on mine and my husband’s sex life, but after a great sexual encounter on New Year’s Eve, I wondered if adding erotica into our relationship might help keep that passion alive.

Patients treated with Lutetium-177 PSMA-617 tended to experience improvements in quality of life related to the aches and pains that can come from bone metastases.

As surgery is the current standard of care for patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumor, the potential to add another treatment option with fewer complications may dramatically help patients with this rare tumor.

I was frustrated when I developed lymphedema after my 2014 breast cancer surgery, but have since turned those negative feelings into advocacy for others who may be affected by the condition, too.

The FDA’s approval of the Opdivo plus platinum-doublet chemotherapy regimen marks the agency’s first greenlight, according to manufacturer Bristol Myers Squibb, of an immunotherapy-based treatment in the pre-surgical setting for non-small cell lung cancer.