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Delaying Breast Cancer Chemotherapy May Shorten Survival

Although most young people survive cancer, secondary effects from the illness and its treatment can increase future health risks.

Breathing and pain management have gotten better since I last wrote, so now I can come up for air and write with a little more hope.

All the children with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) were able to avoid chemotherapy or have a very short course.

Many breast cancer patients rely on cannabis not just to relieve side effects but to treat cancer yet may be unaware of possible harms.

Immunotherapy plus chemotherapy improved overall survival in people with persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Seventeen years after two nurses saved a toddler with acute myeloid leukemia, a tweet revealed the depth of her parents’ gratitude.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to imprint on others the what-it’s-likeness of cancer, in my case, brain cancer.

Erica Ramsthaler’s colon cancer had spread to her abdomen and she was only given three years to live. That was four years ago.

Imfinzi plus chemotherapy led to a modest but significant improvement in overall survival.

Adding Zytiga plus prednisolone to standard therapy lengthened survival.

Third booster dose may improve immune response in cancer patients without sufficient protection after second dose.

A higher dose of cisplatin and combination with other medications influence the development of hearing loss.

A group for patient advocacy was created after an instant connection was made between two women dealing with the same difficult diagnosis.

Brian Koffman, a family physician when diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, cofounded the CLL Society.