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Hirsch Honored With Addario Lectureship Award in Lung Cancer

Kevin continues to explain how to stay alive in a world that's pretty much trying to do the other thing to you.

It is known that the fertility of adolescent and young adult patients with cancer can be put at risk by treatments, but little research has been conducted looking at awareness, counseling and actions in this area.

Deciding how to approach a cancer anniversary can be exciting, scary or maybe just somewhere in between.

Understanding how the immune system controls itself has led to advances in immunotherapy.

Patient success stories illustrate the hope promised by cancer immunotherapy.

Rash is the most common side effect of cancer immunotherapies, but patients should watch for more serious issues.

Continuing Avastin (bevacizumab) in patients with recurrent glioblastoma after progression of the disease does not improve patient outcomes, according to results from the phase 2 CABARET trial.

An analysis of three interrelated biomarkers in high-risk low-grade glioma (LGG) has identified distinct risk groups by isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation status and suggested appropriate treatment strategies.

If demanding to be involved in treatment decisions is considered defiant, I'll be defiantly alive.

For some with lung cancer, immunotherapies are sparking long-lasting responses.

A grumpy and grateful cancer survivor reflects on her neuropathy and lymphedema.

Sugar does not feed cancer cells any differently than it feeds healthy cells.

Kevin explains, in a rather tedious manner, his procedure for washing his hands and other immune-deficient oddities.

I can remember every waking moment feeling like an incredible dream for months afterward. During those moments I was so much in love I couldn't imagine or believe that anything could bring more happiness. I wanted that feeling to last into our rocking chair days.

Though many patients with cancer are offered chemotherapy as palliative care during end-of-life treatment, its benefit has not been well studied previously.

The hospital agreed to release me back into the wild.

Sometimes it is difficult to speak candidly with a health care provider, but if our doctors knew how we felt we could be positively aiding in our own care!

Lifestyle strategies and physical activity can improve bone mineral density for all individuals, including those that have had previous cancer treatment.

By empowering the body to fight breast and renal cancers, immunotherapies are poised to improve the treatment landscape.

Clinical development of prostate cancer vaccines is moving forward.

Two-time cancer survivor shares her struggle with fatigue months and years out from treatment.

Clinical trials can provide patients with early access to promising cancer immunotherapies.

Jyoti D. Patel, ASCO expert, associate professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, discusses the progress of immunotherapy as treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

'Happy birthday' messages greeted me from around the globe. Because of cancer, my life has been touched by friends far and wide, around the country and across the ocean.

Male breast cancer survivor Khevin Barnes shares a few thoughts on his disease.

Within five years after a breast cancer diagnosis, women face an increased risk of weight gain compared with their cancer-free peers, a study has found.

Within the oncology community, price tags have sparked debate.