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  • Avoiding Unnecessary Lymph Node Biopsy

    A study adds to evidence that many patients with ductal carcinoma in situ do not need to have their lymph nodes removed.

    by Cheryl Platzman Weinstock

  • Learning the Language of Chemotherapy

    Cancer patients often do not understand words their doctors use while talking about chemotherapy, but a new video series helps explain these terms.

    by Jen Tota McGivney

  • Navigating Hospital Discharge Decisions

    Patients with advanced cancer often go to rehabilitation facilities after a hospital stay in hopes of gaining the strength for further treatment, but the majority do not go on to receive additional cancer therapy, a study reports.

    by Ashley P. Taylor

  • Misunderstandings About Cancer DNA Tests

    Many cancer patients who received genomic testing of their cancers in a clinical trial did not fully understand the purpose of the testing.

    by Emma Yasinski

  • September 27: The Week in Cancer News

    A study examines how poor and minority patients are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer in the emergency room, and a cancer survivor considers the lasting effects of chemotherapy.

    by Bradley Jones

  • Forward Look

    Measuring Treatment Effectiveness

    Outcomes are often evaluated using progression-free survival.

    by Jasenka Piljac Zegarac

  • Forward Look

    New Option for Treating Pain From Bone Metastases

    Study supports use of single-session, higher-dose radiation.

    by Jane Langille

  • Finding More Targets for CAR-T Cells

    CAR-T cell therapy has successfully treated some patients with leukemia and lymphoma. Researchers are looking to expand the range of cancers that will respond to the therapy.

    by Kendall K. Morgan

  • Q&A

    The Promise of CRISPR

    Biochemist Samuel H. Sternberg describes the limitations, realities and potential of gene-editing technology.

    by Marci A. Landsmann

  • September 13: The Week in Cancer News

    Some cancer drugs being tested in clinical trials do not work the way researchers thought they did, and ringing a bell following radiation therapy may increase distress for patients.

    by Kate Yandell