Forward Look

Surgery and radiation have similar benefits but different side effects.

by Stephen Ornes

Precision medicine and immunotherapy offer opportunities for new treatments and clinical trials to patients who previously had few, if any, options.

by Kendall K. Morgan

Forward Look

Payments can be put off during treatment and for six months after.

by Bradley Jones

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

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

Q&A

Neuroscientist Barbara Lipska describes her experiences with symptoms of psychiatric illness caused by treatment for metastases in her brain.

by Marci A. Landsmann

Bob Riter explains how his breast cancer diagnosis set him on a path to find his calling.

by Bob Riter