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As cancer treatments and supportive remedies are explored further, maybe we will find ourselves going back to using some of the basic ingredients found in nature.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted priority review to dacomitinib for the first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR-activating mutations, according to Pfizer, the drug’s manufacturer.

Many patients with cancer know of the importance of stepping back and enjoying the little things in life.

Many people think that this field is filled with sadness. And while it does have its difficult days, oncology nursing is also extremely rewarding.

The potential approval offers hope to the rare blood cancer, which currently has no standard of care treatment protocol.

Although the amount of treatment options for the frontline setting of multiple myeloma may be limited, extensive research is helping these efforts along.

Following fertility clinic malfunctions in Cleveland and San Francisco, many patients who have or had cancer are facing devastating losses, leaving many questions in the wake of these events.

While most people dread chemo, I was oddly excited.

Simply knowing who to screen, and when, could reduce myeloma-related mortality rates, according to recent research.

I was hoping for a good outcome from my scans... but deep down I was expecting the worst

A cancer survivor's visit to the dentist turns into a medical issue.

Women felt that they could not show emotions of fear or vulnerability in front of their husbands or children.

As checkpoint inhibitors have changed the treatment landscape for many cancers, three specific biomarkers identified a subgroup of women with cervical and ovarian cancer tumor types who may benefit from such therapies.

My experience with inflammatory breast cancer has been both wonderful and weird, even at the same time.

It dawned on me that even when I am going though horrible chemo, I feel better when I can be outside in the summer. I enjoy sitting in a lawn chair out in front and chatting with the neighbors.

Recent study results provide guidance on what to expect from multi-gene panel testing in patients who have had prior MSI and immunohistochemistry testing, but more research is warranted.

"As I’ve endured my time with cancer, I’ve come to the realization that I’ve given it preferential treatment. For the past few years, I’ve given cancer the front seat and not only that, sometimes, I’ve even allowed cancer to take the driver’s wheel. I’ve become a passenger on my own life’s journey."

Men rarely discuss their health, but I needed to after discovering a lump.

For seven days after my cancer was discovered the whole world stopped. This is what that looked like.

What it's like to live in a world that includes me, yet somehow keeps me out.

As more people in the United States become addicted or face opioid overdoses, health care professionals are starting to take a step back and re-evaluate their prescribing habits.

There have been studies that suggest if individuals speak poorly to a plant, it does not seem to thrive as well as a plant given positive or constructive feedback.

Although genomic profiling successfully identifies those with microsatellite instability status who may benefit from PD-1 inhibitor therapy, a vast amount of women may be missed if they are not also tested for high tumor mutation burden too.

Traveling with breast prostheses presents its own set of challenges; some real and some imagined.

Blincyto (blinatumomab) was granted approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat patients who have B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), who are in remission but still have minimal residual disease (MRD).

Open-label placebos may indeed have a positive effect on cancer-related fatigue in survivors, according to recent research.

I rolled out of surgery with one fewer testicle, but also as more of a man for openly admitting it.