I can remember every waking moment feeling like an incredible dream for months afterward. During those moments I was so much in love I couldn't imagine or believe that anything could bring more happiness. I wanted that feeling to last into our rocking chair days.
Though many patients with cancer are offered chemotherapy as palliative care during end-of-life treatment, its benefit has not been well studied previously.
The hospital agreed to release me back into the wild.
Sometimes it is difficult to speak candidly with a health care provider, but if our doctors knew how we felt we could be positively aiding in our own care!
Lifestyle strategies and physical activity can improve bone mineral density for all individuals, including those that have had previous cancer treatment.
By empowering the body to fight breast and renal cancers, immunotherapies are poised to improve the treatment landscape.
Clinical development of prostate cancer vaccines is moving forward.
Two-time cancer survivor shares her struggle with fatigue months and years out from treatment.
Clinical trials can provide patients with early access to promising cancer immunotherapies.
Jyoti D. Patel, ASCO expert, associate professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, discusses the progress of immunotherapy as treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
'Happy birthday' messages greeted me from around the globe. Because of cancer, my life has been touched by friends far and wide, around the country and across the ocean.
Male breast cancer survivor Khevin Barnes shares a few thoughts on his disease.
Within five years after a breast cancer diagnosis, women face an increased risk of weight gain compared with their cancer-free peers, a study has found.
Within the oncology community, price tags have sparked debate.
It's easy to miss the life you had before you were sick, it's also easy to miss the life you dreamed of having, especially as that dream gets further and further away. So you build new dreams, dreams based in acceptance of your body, your heart and your mind.
According to professional practice guidelines, women with ovarian cancer should get doses of chemotherapy that are based on their weight. When they receive less than that, a new study has found, the result can be poorer survival.
When my late husband John and I started the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) in 2005, our goal was not only to raise awareness about bladder cancer, but to change the landscape for this disease by funding research to discover new treatments that will save lives.
New findings and reports show that cancer patients face major financial problems with negative consequences, including bankruptcy and increased risk of death.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Iressa (gefitinib) for the frontline treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer that is positive for EGFR and has one of two additional mutations.
Today, regardless of diagnosis, you are a survivor.
It doesn't get any easier to say goodbye to a friend and it brings close the reality that though we are living better, and longer with advanced cancer, that there is still no cure.
Cancer survivors who hope to adopt children may face some extra obstacles, but a history of cancer isn't necessarily a dealbreaker, especially when an adoption takes place within the United States.
Even my own family doesn't get it, and I'm glad. Two-time cancer survivor describes an isolating, fear-of-recurrence moment.
As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing to support patient- and family-centered care for Medicare beneficiaries by enabling them to discuss advance care planning with their providers.
Though having a high body mass index (BMI) is associated with a higher risk for colorectal cancer, patients who are thinner may not do as well after treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network offers webinars, where listeners can learn about various topics from the comfort of their homes.
The ability to choose a compassionate death helps me to live in the moment I have now.
Nancy Carpenter was FreeToBreathe's featured survivor of the month for April.
The hotspots were identified in the lower Mississippi Delta, west central region of Appalachia and northeastern North Carolina/southeastern Virginia.
Nausea and vomiting associated with anticancer therapies continue to be among patients' most troubling symptoms.
