The Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to Balversa to treat locally advanced or metastatic bladder cancer with a type of susceptible genetic alterations known as FGFR3 or FGFR2, in patients who have progressed during or following prior platinum-containing chemotherapy.
From cancer-sniffing dogs to a lawsuit involving an erroneously removed prostate, here’s what’s making headlines in the cancer space this week.
Surviving cancer is hard enough, but what about the rare and unusual versions?
In essays by patients and colleagues, three nurses were honored for their generosity and life-changing compassion.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for the first-line treatment of patients with a lower PD-L1 cutoff in non-small cell lung cancer.
A percentage of patients with urothelial carcinoma saw their disease shrink or disappear after treatment with enfortumab vedotin in a phase 2 clinical trial.
The cancer journey can take you on a jagged road with too many twists and turns. It doesn't always have to be an emotional rollercoaster if you know how to walk it.
For those of us living in the wake of a big diagnosis, how we define life, living and every day can be clouded by fear and misguided ideas of what it means to truly live. What I’ve learned is that life is not about what we are doing, but why and how we do what we have to for however long we get to be alive.
Triage Cancer provides updated materials to help you with open enrollment, as well as share new resources you might find helpful.
Patients with glioblastoma may lack easy access to clinical trials and off-label treatments, despite showing an interest in learning more about them.
At Triage Cancer, we know that one of the most effective ways to lower your out-of-pocket medical costs is to make sure that you have adequate health insurance that meets your individual needs.
When Kathy LaTour learned about a group of people who had come together to advocate for cancer survivors, she joined their mission to spread awareness that the cancer experience still continues after treatment.
Survey results show that when one or more chronic condition was present physicians discussed trial participation with less than half of patients.
Izidore S. Lossos, M.D., discussed how questions remain on how to find the least toxic therapies that will prolong survival in both young and elderly patients with mantle cell lymphoma.
When the physical effects of cancer make it harder to do things, you can still find a way to move forward.
We all need to know how to take care of ourselves, succeed in balancing our lives, have quality of life and not feel guilty!
Previously treated patients with advanced small cell lung cancer (SCLC) benefitted from immunotherapy.
Regardless of the type of job you have, if you need to take time off work because of your cancer diagnosis and treatment, you should learn about your employment rights. Now the FMLA and the ADA can actually work together.
When someone is faced with a cancer diagnosis and treatment, they often wonder “do I need to go out on disability?” Unfortunately, they aren’t always sure what that actually means, or that it could mean multiple things.
In life, sometimes we are surprised beyond belief. There are three times in my life when having cancer made me think, "Wait! What?"
The Healing Net Foundation gathers patients, caregivers and health care providers to collaborate in raising awareness and educating the medical community about an underserved disease: neuroendocrine tumors.
Merger combines more than 30 years of patient-centered expertise to "Empower Everyone, Ignore No One."
Merger combines more than 30 years of patient-centered expertise to "Empower Everyone, Ignore No One."
A recent clinical trial is examining the combination regimen of netupitant plus palonosetron (NEPA), with hopes that it can curb nausea and vomiting both before and after chemotherapy in patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
The expenses of cancer far extend what is covered by insurance, and the damage it can do can forever alter the life of a young adult with cancer.
An expert discusses how CAR-T cells will fit into the treatment paradigm for patients with multiple myeloma in the future.
Becoming a caregiving to a loved one with cancer feels as if my life has been turned upside down like a snow globe and I am left to hold on to the stable anchors.
In a follow-up post, one survivor explores the use of CBD products and shares how they've helped manage her post-cancer pain.
From today’s top entertainers and athletes to a ban on implants linked to cancer, here’s what is making headlines in the cancer space this week.
Although a reasonable and often curative treatment option, use of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell therapy in relapsed multiple myeloma still tends to fall under the radar.
