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Camp Kesem helps kids whose parents have been diagnosed with cancer rediscover the joys of childhood.

Robert P. Gaynes, MD, is an infectious disease specialist at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.

Hilary Saltzman is a cholangiocarcinoma cancer survivor who lives in Austin with her husband and two children.

Care partners play a vital role in the lives of people with cancer, and they need support too.

Even small changes in physical fitness can make it possible for people to maintain their quality of life as cancer progresses.

An ostomy is an abdominal opening created by surgery that diverts bodily waste into an external bag or pouch.

Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, is director of the Adult Survivorship Program at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

Here are some groups and programs to help ease the transition from treatment to survivorship.

A new breed of patient advocate is reshaping the future of cancer research.

Social media connects people with cancer. But it can also be factually unreliable and unsupportive.

Florence Kurttila brings a patient’s insights to the world of colon cancer research.

Check out these cancer websites.

Members of “help insurance” groups accompany one another to appointments, support each other through medical treatment and share informati...

Something I am realizing is that it takes a village to survive life, period.