Cancer caregivers can be spouses, family members, or close friends. They can act as a patient’s second set of ears. If possible, it can be helpful to attend appointments with the patient and take ...

The targeted therapy osimertinib (brand name TAGRISSO) changed the game for EGFR-positive lung cancer patients when it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration about half a decade ago. Now, ...

Radiation is often part of the treatment plan for slow-growing lymphoma Doctors use a low dose they call “boom-boom” radiation Using a smaller dose treats the cancer without causing unnecessary side ...

Lauren Koltcz, a 45-year-old mom of two from North Royalton, Ohio, initially dismissed a brown streak on her fingernail as a vitamin deficiency, but it turned out to be rare form of melanoma, called ...

Former president Joe Biden, 82, shared he was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. His cancer is hormone-sensitive, meaning the cancer is influenced by a hormone such as testosterone. Biden and ...

Yelena Trunzo, a 33-year-old New York mom, pushed for answers when she experienced unusual fatigue while 29 weeks pregnant with her son. After getting additional blood tests, she was diagnosed with a ...

In many cases, unfortunately, people will come back to their cancer doctor with similar symptoms they had at the time of original Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) diagnosis. “AML when it grows in the bone ...

Fitness guru and Australian native Kristina Angeli was diagnosed with stage two melanoma after wanting to get an “ugly” mole removed from her face for “vanity” reasons. Now, as she’s “officially out ...

Struggling mentally looks different for everyone; some people may begin to experience intense and uncharacteristic feelings of anger. Psychiatrist Dr. William Breitbart explains that some patients ...

The FDA approved retifanlimab-dlwr (brand name Zynyz) with carboplatin and paclitaxel – a type of chemotherapy – for the first-line or initial and preferred treatment of adult anal cancer patients ...

Marecya Burton was a 20-year-old college student when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She missed the symptoms, attributing them to normal aches and pains from cheerleading. Burton had to leave ...