Beating, fighting, losing and surviving: all words that reflect the scene of a war zone, and coverage of Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek's death is a reminder that this language assumes cancer patients have a choice in their outcomes.
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Stamford (Conn.) Health and Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center in Boston said they are widening Stamford Health patients' access to DF/BWCC's cancer experts and treatments Nov. 10.
Delray Medical Center in Florida named Mahdi Taha, DO, former lead medical oncologist at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Newnan, Ga., as the medical director of oncology at the hospital Nov. 9.
Patients living in Medicaid expansion states with newly diagnosed breast, lung or colorectal cancer have a 2 percent hazard of death reduction compared to those living in states without Medicaid expansion, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network…
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, and amid the news of Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek's death, the lasting legacy he left on pancreatic cancer awareness and the patient community lives on.
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My family has a history of breast cancer. It affected my mother, grandmother and maternal uncle. I was my mother’s primary caretaker for years before she passed away in my early twenties. This was a painful and traumatic time for…
The antidepressant drug paroxetine led to a significant reduction in childhood sarcoma tumor growth after being used to treat cancer cells in a mouse model study, according to research published Nov. 6 in Cancer Research.
A number of obstacles can stand in the way of Black women receiving timely breast cancer treatment, including lack of insurance, transportation access and financial strain, reports STAT.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on cancer screenings and treatments, and researchers are now warning that delaying cancer treatment by just one month can lead to a 6 percent to 13 percent higher death risk, according to…
Using proton therapy to treat lung cancer patients was linked to a reduction in ministrokes and heart attacks compared to patients who received traditional photon-based therapy, according to new research from Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine.