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A young lung cancer patient's story and the start of accepting her new normal.

Breast cancer survivor shares her radiation treatment experience and offers tips from her perspective.

There are many children whose stories inspire the work of Chase After a Cure. Following is just one of them—the story of McKenzie May.

Data from an ongoing trial showed that one fourth of patients with PD-1-positive advanced urothelial cancer had objective responses to treatment with the immune checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda.

Although use of robotic surgery for prostate cancer has surpassed open surgical procedures in number, the impact of this approach on patient quality of life has not been well-studied.

A collection of tips, tricks, and essentials for making your hospital stay less unpleasant.

Anti-inflammatory foods are nature's potent pain relievers.

Cancer is just an unlucky accident, so stop blaming yourself.

After receiving approvals for advanced gastric cancer and metastatic non–small cell lung cancer in 2014, Cyramza (ramucirumab) gained yet another approval in April 2015.

Going through cancer treatment in 1990 and again today has given me first-hand experience with how the landscape has changed.

Adding elotuzumab to Revlimid (lenalidomide) and dexamethasone reduced the risk of disease progression by 30 percent in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

A breast cancer and melanoma survivor reflects on the emotions and experiences after surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation are completed.

The addition of docetaxel to standard hormonal therapy significantly improved survival among men with newly diagnosed, hormone-naïve advanced prostate cancer.

For those with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC), reducing their risk of recurrence can be as simple as taking the vitamin B3 pill nicotinamide.

Understanding and classifying tumors based on their genomic makeup is an essential component of precision medicine.

Tears are a normal part of the cancer struggle. Is hiding them isolating you and making it harder to get the support you deserve?

Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer killer, claiming more lives than the next four major cancers combined, but believe it or not, there are many reasons to be hopeful.

E-cigarettes, championed by some as a smoking-cessation tool, may actually decrease the likelihood of quitting smoking, according to a recent population-based study of 1,000 smokers published in The American Journal of Public Health.

A cancerversary is a great time to review priorities — am I doing what's important to me?

Anne Katz, RN, PhD, clinical nurse specialist, sexuality counselor, CancerCare Manitoba, discusses young patients with cancer and their sexuality.

It's incredible how much personality was squeezed into my mother's 4'10" frame. She was a spitfire. A burst of energy, starting friendly conversations with anyone and everyone she met.

A two-pronged strategy combining the PARP inhibitor Lynparza and the PI3K inhibitor BKM120 proved to be a safe and clinically beneficial regimen for women with TNBC and for patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

An oncology nurse navigator writes about her patient's journey with ovarian cancer.

Women who are at high risk of ovarian cancer are more likely to undergo preventive ovary removal if they are proactively offered genetic counseling, a new study has found.

Treatment strategies for patients with MDS are built upon a foundation of supportive care, which consists of transfusions, iron chelation, and growth factor therapy.

LUNGevity created a memorable weekend for lung cancer survivors, filled with great food, friends, and fun.

A breast cancer and melanoma survivor shares her thoughts on time as well as her biopsy results.

A navigator-designed, proactive, weekly, telephone support call to help patients with blood cancers manage their symptoms between appointments was able to significantly reduce unplanned hospitalizations at a Colorado cancer center.

With cancer treatment being delivered more in an outpatient setting, the burden of home healthcare has shifted more to family caregivers.

Insomnia, restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea, and other sleep issues often affect quality of life in cancer patients, their caregivers, and survivors. Unfortunately, sleep complaints can often be overlooked by the medical staff or not mentioned by the patient.