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From World Cancer Day to top performers and athletes, here is a quick overview of what is making headlines in the cancer space.

In topline findings from the phase 3 TITAN trial (NCT02489318) announced today by Janssen, Erleada (apalutamide) in combination with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) significantly improved radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) and overall survival (OS) versus placebo in patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

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A prostate cancer survivor offers his thoughts on what you should (and shouldn't) say to someone who was recently diagnosed.

A lot is still unknown about the causes of cholangiocarcinoma, because this type of cancer, which affects the bile ducts inside or outside the liver, is so rare.

The pressures of society can overwhelm the woman with breast cancer. These feelings of inadequacy and unacceptance can be compounded by the physical disfigurement left behind by breast cancer surgery.

The FDA has expanded the indication for Alimta (pemetrexed) injection in combination with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without EGFR or ALK alterations.

Only about 4 percent of adults with cancer are treated on clinical trials, according to one expert. Yet, those results are then applied to everybody.

$200,000 V Scholar Grant Awarded for Research Related to Blood Cancers

I vaguely knew what lymphedema was, and assumed it was something that only happened to breast cancer patients. But you know what they say about making assumptions.

Meeting others, learning tips, hearing from docs: breast cancer patients have it all when they get together.

Lymphedema can occur years after cancer, but exercise and lymphatic massages can help relieve symptoms.

Immunotherapy can cause some side effects that patients and practitioners should look out for.

While some high-risk patients with mantle cell lymphoma may benefit from aggressive initial therapy, a recent study found that this may not be necessary for others who could benefit from more targeted therapies.

I began to develop a daily routine to aid me in my life-long effort to keep cancer from returning – or at the very least, to give me some tools for coping.

Total of $225 Million Awarded for Cancer Research

Meeting combined exercise guidelines improved quality of life in kidney cancer survivors; however, few individuals reported that they actually follow such guidelines.

Cancerland is a frightening place to be for days, weeks, months and yes, even years. Turn that worry into something positive; reach out and be kind today and every day forward.

Outwardly, you start to look like your old self again while inside you're still licking the wounds of your cancer battle.

The Food and Drug Administration approved Imbruvica plus Gazyva for treatment-naïve patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL).

In the years that followed, when I recalled something, it was placed in my life timeline as either before or after cancer.

One expert discusses how cancer and its treatments can have many lasting side effects on patients, from depression to peripheral neuropathy.

I keep fumbling and dropping lids to water bottles and other items. When I climb the stairs to my apartment, I often feel like I am going to fall backwards and grab the rail. If I go out in the cold air, my fingers tingle for hours afterwards. What in the world is wrong with me?

Yervoy plus Opdivo is a good combination for many patients with kidney cancer, though some individuals should steer clear of the regimen.

Nearly 90 percent of women experienced sexual dysfunction; however, providers were not openly communicating about this side effect, according to survey results.

Certain factors – such as diastolic blood pressure and fasting insulin – were found to be associated with renal cell carcinoma.

Full-day event to educate, inform and challenge how patients worldwide think about breast cancer.

When a conversation about breast cancer is overheard, should a survivor step in and offer advice, or just walk away?

African-Americans who received a racially matched liver had better survival outcomes compared with unmatched patients, according to a review of national data.