Thriving Thanks to Cancer Immunotherapy
Diagnosed with stage IV mucosal melanoma, Richard Murphy turned to clinical trials testing immunotherapy treatments after standard approaches failed. ...
Diagnosed with stage IV mucosal melanoma, Richard Murphy turned to clinical trials testing immunotherapy treatments after standard approaches failed. ...
Jazz musician and educator Billy Foster continues to work on his music as he battles metastatic kidney cancer. Jazz...
Sarah Cauley was at her mother’s doctor’s office decades ago when a chance encounter and stomachache led to a...
When his melanoma spread, Bob turned to a clinical trial of an investigational, local immunotherapy called T-Vec. Bob Ribbans...
Stunned to her core when she was diagnosed with the aggressive form of brain cancer, Shenell committed herself to...
Matt Cleaveland was diagnosed with testicular cancer at the age of 25 as he trained for his first marathon....
Facing a daunting diagnosis and treatment, Shraddha Pandey’s cancer journey led to a transformative experience of personal growth. Ten years...
I am a doctor and a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 36 immediately after...
I have been a runner for 38 years and have covered over 45,000 miles while training for 17 marathons,...
I went for a physical just before my birthday in September 2013. As my doctor was palpitating my stomach...
My name is Patricia Fox, and at 26 years old I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Before my cancer...
It all shattered into a million pieces. That’s what my world felt like after hearing the emergency room doctor...
Diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer, Kimberly’s “whole world changed.” Kimberly Richardson of Chicago, an avid runner,...
For two-time cancer survivor Howard Brown, research provides hope while he lives with metastatic disease. Howard Brown is a...
Diagnosed with colorectal cancer at 32 years of age, Allison Rosen found meaning in helping others and advocating for...
I celebrated my 63rd birthday in April 2012. The week before, I got a terrible chest infection, which made...
Diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer—peritoneal mesothelioma—at the age of 21, Tamron shares her story to inspire...
Test uses blood samples, providing an alternative method for colorectal cancer screening The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Stool test for signs of cancer, often collected at home, sometimes fails due to inadequate sampling, according to a...
The FDA granted approval to expand the use of a minimally invasive biomarker test to identify certain patients with ovarian,...
The FDA approved the first liquid biopsy companion diagnostic that uses next-generation sequencing to test for EGFR gene mutations...
Draft recommendation calls for screening at age 45, rather than 50. An influential panel of experts has issued a...
A new study reports that an inexpensive way to analyze DNA isolated from cells in urine is more sensitive...
Less frequent HPV tests detect precancerous lesions of the cervix just as well as more frequent Pap smears, which...
Trial data first presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2014, showed new drug doubled progression-free survival for a certain...
To learn more about cancer prevention and risk reduction, we talked to Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, FAACR, co-editor...
The FDA granted accelerated approval to a new targeted therapeutic and companion diagnostic test for certain adult patients with...
THE FDA APPROVED A NEW TYPE OF CANCER INHIBITOR FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS WITH A HIGH RISK OF RECURRENCE The...
The FDA-approved diagnostic test uses blood samples to look for specific mutations in certain patients with metastatic lung cancer....
Results from two clinical trials highlight the benefits of the molecularly targeted therapeutics ceritinib and osimertinib There has been...