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Immunotherapy may lead to a major change in how the treatment of metastatic recurrent head and neck cancer is approached, according to Barbara Burtness, M.D., a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.

Despite associated toxicities, cisplatin chemotherapy induced superior efficacy compared with a new alternative among patients with HPV-positive oropharyngeal carcinoma.

The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to larotrectinib for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with solid tumors that have an NTRK gene fusion without a known acquired resistance mutation, are metastatic or where surgical resection is likely to result in severe morbidity, and have no satisfactory alternative treatments or that have progressed following treatment.

A smartphone app helped significantly reduce pain and hospital visits for patients with metastatic solid tumors.

Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who were treated with a dose-dense regimen of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy (surgery to remove the urinary bladder) experienced more complete responses to treatment compared with the current standard of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

My pre-Thanksgiving trip for a new prosthesis is successful.

The treatment paradigm for bladder cancer has been quite exciting in the last few years, and even more is yet to come, according to Petros Grivas, M.D., Ph.D.

To receive payment for counseling and increase access to services, a new bill has been introduced so that genetic counselors receive payment for counseling Medicare beneficiaries.

Patients who received chemotherapy, actively smoked and drank alcohol, and were diagnosed with head and neck cancer reported significantly higher rates of opiate use, according to study results presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2018 Palliative and Supportive Care Symposium.

When I was first diagnosed, I searched for the stories that would give me hope in the darkness that surrounded me. Seven years later, I continue to pay it forward by putting my own story out there for the next person who needs it to find.

Partners who remain close during cancer-related discussions may protect the person with the disease from experiencing increased symptom burden.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Daurismo (glasdegib) plus low-dose cytarabine (LDAC) chemotherapy to treat older, newly diagnosed patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are not eligible for chemotherapy.

A Venclexta combination was granted an accelerated approval to treat older patients with acute myeloid leukemia who are ineligible for chemotherapy.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a priority review to quizartinib for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory FLT3-ITD acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

An aspirin a day may help keep colorectal cancer at bay, according to recent research.

A Danish study demonstrated smokers were 2.5 times more likely to develop a myeloproliferative neoplasm compared with their non-smoking counterparts.

The cognitive dysfunction that patients with glioblastoma often face can compound these challenges and ultimately put extra stress on caregivers.

While CAR-T cell therapy has potential in treating CLL, T-cell fatigue and toxicity still raise many concerns.

Two treatments that may help patients with a potentially deadly blood cancer live longer and prevent the incidence of thrombosis (blood clots) are being underused.

It is not the type of fatigue where a good night’s sleep will “cure” us. It just seems to go on and on.

CLL is the most common type of leukemia in adults across the United State. Here's what you need to know about the disease.

The phase 3 TIVO-3 trial – designed to evaluate the efficacy of Fotivda in patients with renal cell carcinoma – met its primary endpoint of improved progression-free survival.

Genetic testing in children is a highly complex topic, and it is something which I frequently think about because of my son.

Researchers have found a potentially safer and faster way to determine if treatment for a type of childhood brain cancer is working.

Health care shouldn't be a fight, but it is. I tell my story of fighting for an MRI in a hope that I illuminate the cracks in our system in a hope we can make change, so no one falls through those cracks.

What’s the best plan for lowering cancer drug prices? A panel of experts debated the possibilities.

Whether you call it No Shave November, Movember or Novembeard, it's important to remember it's all about men's health.

Breast cancer threatens to silence the voices of those touched by it but if we choose to speak out, we will be heard.