Kimberly Pena was 31 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, the same age her mother was when she was diagnosed more than 3 decades earlier. She shares her experience with cancer, treatment, and trying to convince her family to be tested for the BRCA genetic mutation.
In this month’s From the Editor’s Desk, Dr. Schapira talks about the power that the word "cancer" has and how it can influence important decisions about treatment plans.
Survivor and advocate Florence Kurttila describes her key takeaways from the 2019 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.
In this podcast, Cancer.Net Associate Editor Dr. Michael Williams describes lymphoma research advances presented at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting.
In this month’s From the Editor’s Desk, Dr. Schapira discusses the role of tracking and reporting side effects in high-quality care, including advances in patient-reported outcomes or PROs.
Did you know that breast cancer is the most common cancer in U.S. women, except for skin cancer? Cancer.Net Associate Editor Dr. Norah Lynn Henry shares 9 important facts about the disease.
Donating your hair is a great way to support people with cancer who have lost theirs. Here’s everything you need to know to get started.
Dealing with stress can make coping with a cancer diagnosis even harder. In this month’s From the Editor’s Desk, Dr. Schapira describes some ways to lessen the effects of stress.
Being diagnosed with colorectal cancer can be scary and confusing. Dr. Jeffrey Meyerhardt, an expert in colorectal cancer, describes the 4 questions that any newly diagnosed patient should ask.
