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Getting a second opinion after a cancer diagnosis is considered a routine, essential and necessary component of one’s health care plan, but many people are reluctant to seek one.

I had my own complete life external to cancer. I also had my life within the constant reality of cancer.

Can a certain diet improve cancer outcomes?

In the midst of all of the things that tie us together, it’s been what many would consider the most challenging shared experience a mother and son can have – facing and surviving cancer – that has been a defining feature of our relationship and ultimately one of the most overwhelming blessings of life.

Overall, about a fourth of people have taken measures to decrease the cost of their or their loved one’s treatment — even if that means a negative impact on its effectiveness.

Barb shares coping techniques to get through winter and the holidays.

Have you ever been criticized for cancer-related accommodations because you look better than you feel?

Explaining breast cancer to a young child can be difficult. Often, they have questions we would never imagine. This cancer survivor shares her story in hopes that more conversations with children will ensue.

Physicians at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center in Philadelphia are ready to launch their new treatment program designed to help patients with cancer to quit smoking. The program is intended to provide patients with “state-of-the-science” tobacco use treatment, while also assisting patients with their medical treatment and recovery.

Immunotherapies are largely unavailable to patients with brain cancer, but many of these approaches are being studied both in labs and in clinical trials, and there is hope that they will eventually play a role in the treatment of gliomas.

Quality-of-life care has benefits from the outset for these patients, but because some might confuse it with end-of-life support, neuro-oncologists may be hesitant about introducing it.

A wry look at a "day in the life" of a (grumpy) cancer survivor. Come on! You all know you've been there!

Parents of children with cancer often put their own needs or feelings aside while caring for their child, but taking good care of yourself can actually help you be a better caregiver.

A recent study found that the cost to patients with breast, lung and colorectal cancers treated in the hospital outpatient setting was nearly $8,000 more than those treated in the community setting.

Data from a pilot study showed an added benefit from the incorporation of extra virgin olive oil into the diets of men with low-risk prostate cancer. As a result, this dietary modification could lead to weight loss, while also helping the body to absorb compounds with anticancer properties.

At its third annual gala, the magazine honored four professionals for their work helping people with glioblastoma.

For some, being home for the holidays means lots of extra family time. Bright Pink, a national nonprofit focused on the prevention and early detection of breast and ovarian cancer, shares how women can take advantage of this opportunity to enrich their knowledge about their family's health history.

The FDA approved Sutent to be used in patients who had a nephrectomy and are at high risk of their kidney cancer returning.

Does sugar fuel cancer? What about cell phones? CURE spoke with an expert on some of the most common myths and misconceptions about the disease.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gazyva (obinutuzumab) in combination with chemotherapy, followed by Gazyva alone, for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced follicular lymphoma, according to Genentech, the manufacturer of the drug.

Feeling stressed and overwhelmed from caring for someone who has cancer is not a sign that you are failing as a caregiver. But since stress can affect your health, it is important to find ways to manage it.

November is National Family Caregiver month. Let's give the caregivers the shout out they deserve!

While recent advances in hematology are exciting, they open the door to more questions.

Lacking the pageantry and recognition of other cancers, guys are taking matters into their own hands.

A panel of international oncology experts recently met to exchange thoughts on developments in the field of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of liver cancer. They discussed screening and staging issues, treatment of advanced HCC and results of recent clinical trials.

November is National Family Caregivers Month. CancerCare’s Caregiver Program Coordinator, Carly O'Brien, OSW-C, LCSW, shares her thoughts on why it’s important to have an awareness month dedicated to caregivers, and the importance of acknowledging the work that caregivers do.

Five years post-treatment is no longer the end zone for breast cancer, and it's about time we did something to change that.

No-Shave November offers an opportunity for cancer awareness and fundraising. Contemplating whether to join in or not can bring back memories of when there was no choice but to go bald instead of letting our hair go wild.

A newly studied blood test could be the answer to a serious question: How can a woman tell if she has ovarian cancer in its earliest stage?