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This month marks my second anniversary of being diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, an event that profoundly changed my view of life and death.

In a new study, weight training was shown to help stave off deterioration of physical function in breast cancer survivors, conferring a benefit twice that of women in a control group.

Aug. 27, 2000, started as an ordinary day for Dellann Elliott Mydland. She and her husband Chris Elliott and their two children, then 5 and 8 years old, had just finished up a weekend at their cabin and were preparing to relax by the grill at home.

2015 started off with a bang, with a focus on brain cancer patients and new treatment options for recurrent glioblastoma (rGBM).

A breast cancer survivor shares ways she copes with fear of recurrence while waiting for her latest mammogram results.

Mending from cancer and its treatment takes time. It's not always easy to let your body set the pace for recovery.

Herceptin has been one of the most remarkable breakthroughs in treating breast cancer — but it can cause cardiac issues.

It's been 17 years since my diagnosis of stage 3a non–small cell lung cancer. I can remember that moment as if it was yesterday.

Twenty strokes signaled that there was trouble, though no one would have suspected a tumor.

We spend so much time making it look like we've got it all covered, when in reality, things are unraveling just below the surface. Maybe that's OK.

Early action to diagnose and treat lymphedema after breast cancer treatment can reverse this side effect or prevent it from becoming more severe.

Significant strides have been made in the treatment of patients with immunotherapies and targeted therapies. However, determining which therapies are best for which patients and how to treat patients who don't respond or stop responding to these new therapies is still a challenge.

The best gift a friend can offer to someone who is ill is quiet comfort and support.

Caregiver Choices is a resource for all those who find themselves in the role of caregiver for someone who has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

If you are like most people who have recently been diagnosed with cancer, you might be asking the unanswerable question, along with a few others: What will happen to me? What will my life be like? Will I be changed?

The combination of multiparametric MRI with a fusion-guided biopsy (MRI plus ultrasound) was more effective at detecting aggressive prostate cancer compared with either procedure alone.

To restore strength, endurance and vitality, make rehabilitation part of your cancer treatment.

Cancer survivors are looking for ways to improve their quality of life, even five years after diagnosis.

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.