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  • From the Editor-in-Chief

    Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults

    Patients in this age group have particular needs, and cancer centers are beginning to tailor programs for them.

    by William G. Nelson, MD, PhD

  • Sound Advice

    Spring 2021

    vol 11 | issue 01
    Maintaining relationships through cancer, feeling unappreciated as a caregiver, and finding information that's relevant to young people with cancer.

  • Forward Look

    What’s Next? Spring 2021

    A new way to evaluate patients with prostate cancer.

    by Christina Bennett

  • When Cancer’s Spread Is Limited

    People with cancer that has spread to only a few locations—called oligometastatic cancer—may benefit from aggressive local treatment.

    by Kate Yandell

  • More Ways to Treat Advanced Kidney Cancer

    New drugs and drug combinations are helping more patients live longer with advanced kidney cancer. But questions remain about how best to choose among them.

    by Kendall K. Morgan

  • Forward Look

    New Therapies for Metastatic Lung Cancer

    Several targeted drugs were approved in 2020 to treat the most common type of lung cancer.

    by Ashley P. Taylor

  • Immunotherapy Indications Withdrawn

    In recent months, drugmakers have announced they are withdrawing indications for four immune checkpoint inhibitors in consultation with the Food and Drug Administration. What does this mean for patients who are taking these drugs?

    by Anna Goshua

  • Cancer Did Not Cancel Our Plans

    After her husband’s diagnosis with metastatic cancer, Miriam Díaz-Gilbert made it her goal to keep him moving.

    by Miriam Díaz-Gilbert

  • A Drive for Diversity

    African Americans are underrepresented in the Be The Match bone marrow donor registry. Patient advocates are working to change that.

    by Jon Kelvey

  • Immunotherapy Options for Breast Cancer

    Two immune checkpoint inhibitors are now approved for treatment of some people with advanced breast cancer, but trial results have raised some questions.

    by Anna Goshua