When visiting a friend or family member who is sick, it's good to leave platitudes at the door.

by Michael Gavaghen

Medical oncologist Leisha A. Emens discusses the significance of the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of an immunotherapy treatment for breast cancer.

by Anna Azvolinsky

Patients diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer are increasingly opting against immediate surgery or radiation in favor of regularly monitoring their disease.

by Jon Kelvey

A new survey suggests that young adults with colorectal cancer struggle to receive an accurate, prompt diagnosis.

by Bradley Jones

A study investigates how people who have been diagnosed with cancer feel about being called survivors.

by Jen Tota McGivney

Broadening clinical trial eligibility criteria to include cancer patients who also have other health conditions could increase trial enrollment.

by Ashley P. Taylor

A study investigates whether a commonly used clinical trial endpoint, progression-free survival, can be used to predict quality of life.

by Jon Kelvey

A new vaccine is safe for cancer patients but hard to find.

by Nancy Averett

Hormone therapy may lengthen life in men with hormone-related breast cancer, but this treatment is prescribed less frequently for men than for women.

by Marilyn Fenichel

Organizations are testing new models of end-of-life care that allow patients to start hospice without stopping treatment.

by Cheryl Platzman Weinstock