Cancer falsehoods spread fast, feel compelling, and cost lives. The fix isn't more facts, it's understanding why people ...

This morning as I gently woke up from a restful night’s sleep, coaxed into awareness by my clock radio, I heard something astounding. Today, May 3, 2010, is the 40-year anniversary of the shootings at ...

Welcome to a series of posts focusing on cancer survivorship. Cancer survivorship starts at diagnosis, so if you have heard those life-changing words—“You have cancer"—this is the right place for you.

The underlying mechanism of the transformation of a normal cell into a cancerous cell lies in the acquisition of faults in ...

It was August — that heady back-to-school feeling in the air — and Katie DeMasi had it all planned: She'd just finished her nursing degree and already had a job lined up at NYU Langone Medical Centre ...

The former YouTube CEO wrote a blog post on her diagnosis and her efforts to raise awareness of lung cancer in woman. The former YouTube CEO wrote a blog post on her diagnosis and her efforts to raise ...

Often overlooked is the potential connection between radiation from the mobile devices in our life and cancer. One patient details the potential impact on her life. I was a runner and now I am a ...

Cancer cells are cells gone wrong — in other words, they no longer respond to many of the signals that control cellular growth and death. Cancer cells originate within tissues and, as they grow and ...

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 34, many (including myself) thought I was too young to get breast cancer. While breast cancer in young women accounts for just a small percentage of all ...