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No matter how strong we are, the intense treatments, side effects, and emotional toll of cancer can push a person to her breaking point. If you are lucky, you have someone to help guide you through it.

A new study has shown that men with a history of testicular cancer have a higher incidence of developing prostate cancer, including intermediate or high-risk prostate cancer, compared with those without a history of testicular cancer.

Two new studies highlight the need for cancer survivors and their families to get guidance on healthy lifestyle changes and when the best time might be to integrate them.

Rintega (rindopepimut) has gained a Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the FDA to treat adult patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) that test positive for the EGFR variant (EGFRvIII).

Recommendations for today to live a better, healthier tomorrow.

After nearly four years of cancer treatment, I thought I'd experienced all possible types of scanxiety. I was wrong.

The FDA has approved Farydak (panobinostat) in combination with Velcade (bortezomib) and dexamethasone for patients with multiple myeloma who receive prior treatment with Velcade and an immunomodulatory (IMiD) agent, based on results of the PANORAMA-1 trial.

Worrying and cancer go hand-in-hand. It's possible to take a step back from excessive worrying and give yourself a break.

The addition of Perjeta (pertuzumab) to Herceptin (trastuzumab) and docetaxel as a first-line therapy for metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer improved overall survival (OS) by nearly 16 months, according to findings from the phase 3 CLEOPATRA study.

What does it take for patients with cancer who have exhausted their other medical options to gain access to late-stage investigational drugs?

Experts offer tips for patients and survivors to overcome feelings of guilt.

The FDA has granted a priority review to the MEK inhibitor cobimetinib for use in combination with the BRAF inhibitor Zelboraf to treat patients with BRAF V600–positive advanced melanoma.

When a 15-year old girl tells us that her concerns need to be heard by her doctors and other medical practitioners, we all need to listen.

A simple guide can help patients understand immunotherapies for cancer.

The FDA has approved Revlimid plus dexamethasone in newly diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma based on findings from the phase 3 FIRST trial.

Staying alive is most people's top priority and oncologists have more and more tools and tactics for keeping patients alive. Yet beyond keeping us alive, there is so much more.

The weeks and days leading up to transplant, the anticipation and reality

There are various avenues caregivers can use to reach out for online social support and cancer-related information.

Melanoma rates are on the rise, and is the most common form of cancer for young adults aged 25 to 29 years old.

As a comedic actress, Julia Sweeney can usually find the humor in just about any situation, but when diagnosed with cervical cancer, she felt more of a punch than a punchline. Learning that humor was her way of healing came soon afterward, though.

Not every cancer patient seeks, needs or wants a second opinion.

Talk with almost any cancer survivor, and he or she is likely to bring up the topic of "chemobrain," that fuzzy, murky state that patients blame for impaired memory. A review of the research shows how we're focusing on the problem.

ASCO has endorsed new prostate cancer survivorship care guidelines from the American Cancer Society that provide a structure to help prostate cancer patients with localized disease to receive high quality care from specialists and primary care physicians.

Scan anxiety haunts virtually every person dealing with cancer. Here are a few tips for managing the stress.

This Valentine's Day is extra special as our hearts are brimmed with happiness and our lives are filled with love. I recognize the courage and beauty it takes to live with cancer together.

Intimacy after a cancer diagnosis can be difficult due to emotional and physical side effects, but it can also be an important part of healing.

Information and advice about bone marrow transplants from the man who owns one

I went into dating after cancer with one goal, a decent date, and I got far more than I ever dreamed.