Dr. Sean Smith discusses what to know about exercising after a mastectomy, including how this type of surgery can impact nearby muscles, what to consider before starting exercise after a mastectomy, and what types of exercise are most helpful.
Cancer survivor Eva Grayzel shares what it was like preparing for cancer treatment and the things that helped her endure treatment both physically and emotionally.
Read research from the 2022 ASCO Quality Care Symposium, including studies on how cancer navigation programs and lower-cost drug alternatives can lower the cost of care and a study on how Medicaid expansion affected the rates of metastatic cancer diagnoses and cancer deaths.
In this post, stage IV melanoma survivor Tzvia Bader shares what it was like navigating treatment decision-making, how she became an active part of her care and found clinical trials to participate in, and her advice for other people with cancer on doing the same.
Survivor Helen Epstein shares what was helpful to her when she was first diagnosed with cancer and her advice for others facing a new cancer diagnosis.
Sharie Lisowski shares how she and her husband reacted to his prostate cancer diagnosis and how they worked together to help him choose the best treatment plan for him.
In this post, several experts describe what Hodgkin lymphoma survivors who received mantle radiation should know about their increased breast cancer risk, including what to know about screening and monitoring for signs of breast cancer.
Dr. H. Jack West shares what people with lung cancer should know about biomarker testing, including why it is important in planning treatment and what to expect during the testing process.
The ASCO Annual Meeting is being held June 3 to 7, and here is some of notable research that will be presented today. Today’s research includes a study evaluating whether radiation therapy can be avoided after surgery for people aged 55 or older with low-grade luminal A breast cancer, as identified through biomarker testing.
In this podcast, Dr. Jeffrey Meyerhardt and Dr. Scott Tagawa discuss clinical practice guidelines, including what they are, how they’re developed, and how they can impact care for people with cancer.
