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Program Turns Latino Cancer Survivors into Cancer Patient Leaders

In 2024, 15 Latina cancer survivors from across the US and beyond met for the first-ever Latino Cancer Patient Advocate Training Program to become cancer patient leaders. Since the...

If you want to get something done, hire a cancer patient

You know the expression, “If you want to get something done, ask a working mother?” Surprising as it may seem, the same holds true for cancer patients.Conventional wisdom holds tha...

For Some Patients, Cancer Is Becoming Like a Chronic Illness

For some patients, cancer is becoming like a chronic illness.

PERCS Initiative Advances Comprehensive Care Models for Cancer Survivors

The evolving landscape of cancer care has brought about a pressing need to refine and enhance survivorship care, particularly within the realm of primary care. Despite the fact tha...

How cancer care terminology harms patient choices

“Can we fit just a few more?” This was the question I was asked one snowy evening. Pretty soon, I found myself surrounded by no less than 20 people. They had all convened here to s...

The Surprising Non-Medical Factor That Determines Cancer Survival

Young cancer patients with private insurance survive longer due to better access to care and treatment. Coverage instability worsens outcomes, but policy changes could help. Cancer...

Cancer survivors shine on red carpet honoring life-saving treatment in Pembroke Pines

Cancer survivors walked the red carpet to celebrate their life-saving treatment. Dressed for the red carpet, patients and their loved ones took center stage at...

Most cancer survivors do not get lifestyle advice from clinicians

Only a third of cancer survivors receive advice on weight control and improving their diet from health care professionals, and less than half are informed about the benefits of phy...

Most patients with pancreatic cancer not offered clinical trials

Most patients with pancreatic cancer report they were never offered the opportunity to participate in clinical trials.A survey of more than 1,000 patients showed greater than 70% n...

Cancer patient forced to head offshore for life-extending treatment

Living With Cancer: Personal Stories

Readers react to a guest essay about how some patients are living longer with advanced cancer.

Cancer clinicians call for three actions Canada’s health systems should take to improve cancer care

April Cancer Awareness Month a good time for concrete action The Cancer Clinician Advocacy Forum (CCAF) has three concrete suggestions during Cancer Awareness Month in April for ac...

From Pakistan to Shanghai: A CAR-T Journey Fighting Relapsed Lymphoma

SHANGHAI, May 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A 36-year-old Pakistani patient has achieved encouraging early recovery after receiving personalized CAR-T immunotherapy at Jiahui Internatio...

Free Chemo sessions for Cancer Patients at Taguig Chemotherapy Center

We Hope Medical Group, a premier healthcare provider, has expanded its services with the opening of Taguig Chemotherapy Center. Cancer continues to be a leading cause of illness an...

Florida couple honored for years of volunteer work supporting cancer patients

Bill and Eileen Henthorne, both cancer survivors, have spent over a decade volunteering at the Cancer Alliance of Help and Hope, offering free support to patients and families in n...

Comparing Immune-Related Adverse Events in Elderly Patients with Gastrointestinal and Lung Cancers

In the evolving landscape of oncology, the surge of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has marked a paradigm shift, especially among elderly cancer patients. As the global populat...

Study offers hope for cancer treatment

Acute care early in cancer trials predicts worse prognosis

Unanticipated use of acute care soon after starting a clinical trial may predict mortality risk among older adults with metastatic cancer, according to study results.An analysis of...

Stage 4 in his 40s: Innovative UH treatment helps Cleveland dad fight cancer

Luke Williams' treatment at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center is allowing him to coach his daughter's sports teams while fighting advanced colorectal cancer.

Flatiron Health and COA Study: Community Oncology Survival Rates Outperform SEER National Benchmarks

What You Should Know Patients with metastatic breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) treated in independent community oncology practices lived longer than national b...

Young Cancer Survivors Face Doubled Risk Of Subsequent New Cancer

TUESDAY, April 14, 2026 — Teenagers and young adults who survive a bout with cancer shouldn’t let their guard down in the years that follow, a new study warns.They have double the...

Cancer care demands rising, Health Minister highlights shortage of oncologists despite workforce increase

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Cancer remains the third leading cause of death in Malaysia, with about 40,000 new cases...

King Charles meets with 'very brave' cancer patients at Guy's Hospital and discusses how chemotherapy affects the tasteb...

At Chemotherapy Village, the King met patients who are being treated at the Cancer Centre and who could benefit from discoveries by scientists based at the Innovation Hub.

Cancer's long-term damage to young adults affects health, income, relationships: Study

Nearly 70,000 people in the Netherlands have been diagnosed with cancer as young adults over the past 20 years.