Treatment
-
The Patient Perspective
Patient-reported outcomes may help shape the future of cancer care.
by Stephen Ornes
-
Q&A
Hope Amid the HypeHematologist-oncologist David Scadden traces the history, promise and uncertainties of treatment advances in Cancerland: A Medical Memoir.
by Marci A. Landsmann
-
First Immunotherapy Approved for Breast Cancer
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
-
Holding Off on Treatment
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
-
Making Clinical Trials More Inclusive
Broadening clinical trial eligibility criteria to include cancer patients who also have other health conditions could increase trial enrollment.
by Ashley P. Taylor
-
What Do Clinical Trial Endpoints Really Measure?
A study investigates whether a commonly used clinical trial endpoint, progression-free survival, can be used to predict quality of life.
by Jon Kelvey
-
Treating Breast Cancer in Men
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
-
Forward Look
Treating Head and Neck Skin CancersA study suggests high-risk patients do not need chemotherapy.
by Stephen Ornes
-
Forward Look
Breaking Down Breakthrough Cancer TherapiesDrugs approved through this pathway may have limited evidence.
by Lindsey Konkel
-
Tomorrow’s Trials
New tools are being integrated into the research process to ease patients' access to clinical trials and improve their experience.
by Bradley Jones