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February 13th 2025
Diagnosed with stage 3B lung cancer in 2018, I joined a support group where I met Jim and Melanie, and learned about Jim's sarcoma diagnosis.
February 4th 2025
Friday Frontline: Cancer Updates, Research and Education on March 27, 2020
March 27th 2020From patients having to reschedule treatment appointments due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, to clinical trials being put on hold, here’s everything you need to know about how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting patients with cancer.
Friday Frontline: Cancer Updates, Research and Education on March 6, 2020
March 6th 2020From “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek giving an update on his cancer journey after reaching the one-year survival mark to how the new coronavirus outbreak in China has impacted cancer care, here’s what is making headlines in the cancer space this week.
FDA Approves Lynparza as First-Line Maintenance Treatment for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
December 30th 2019The Food and Drug Administration approved the first PARP inhibitor for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA-mutated metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Collection of Family Cancer History Is Suboptimal, Highlighting Need for Patient Reporting
June 24th 2019In assessing the quality of family cancer history entered into electronic health records, researchers found that such reporting was suboptimal – highlighting the need to optimize online collection with a provider-free approach.
Katie Couric Speaks About Grief and Moving on After Losing Loved Ones to Cancer
June 20th 2019Katie Couric lost both her husband and her sister to cancer within only a few years of one another. The legendary broadcast journalist spoke about the devastating loss of her loved ones and shared how she moved past her grief.
New Multidrug Regimen Achieves Encouraging Results in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
March 18th 2019The experimental oral anticancer regimen known as SM-88, which com­bines four drugs from different classes, shows promising efficacy and safety with no meaningful toxicity in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer whose disease worsened despite previous treatment.