Researchers recently tried an experiment: Gather people who had the same kind of lung cancer and put them on the same type of treatments to fire up their immune systems. The only difference was that ...

Medicine, like the science that underlies it, is seldom transformed by “Eureka” breakthroughs; rather, it is most often a process of systematically accumulating knowledge and making incremental ...

During the cancer treatment process, it's important for adolescents and young adults to balance independence while seeking support from loved ones. At 23 years old in 2011, Stacy Leung achieved two ...

The time after cancer treatment can be overwhelming, but great progress in survivorship care plans over the past two decades has provided better guidance for an easier transition. The number of cancer ...

Waiting after an ovarian cancer diagnosis and throughout the treatment process is common. Here’s why it happens and what you can do to ease your mind.

Different breast cancers start, progress and respond to treatments in different ways. At Fred Hutch Cancer Center, we choose, combine and schedule your treatments based on what works for your ...

New pancreatic cancer research shows tumours eliminated in preclinical studies. Experts explain what it means and when ...

Even when diagnosed at an advanced stage, most prostate cancers respond well to treatment. The first line of treatment is often hormone therapy, which is very good at slowing or stopping the cancer — ...

Monash University researchers, in collaboration with Harvard University, have discovered how to permanently "switch off" ...

Survivorship is a relational shift for the whole family, not a return to pre-cancer life. Fear of recurrence affects the ...