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American Cancer Society researchers stress more studies are needed to determine full extent of cancer care disruption during the pandemic

Breast cancer patients, physicians and advocates implored officials to scrap plan that would limit payment for DIEP flap surgery.

Precision Surgical Interventions program aims to enable surgeons to successfully remove cancer in a single operation.

DIEP flap reconstruction offers potential advantages over implants and other procedures, but at a higher cost.

For some patients, it may be adequate to remove only the section of a lung lobe that contains a tumor.

Half of suicides occurred within three years after receiving surgery, and 3% occurred within the first month.

On the operating table and inside the lab of a rising star in cancer neurosurgery.

The lesions were identified as basal cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer. Post-procedure, Jill Biden was “in good spirits.”

Many people diagnosed with cancer want to start eating healthier right away. But treatment side effects can get in the way.

After three surgeries, chemo and radiation, actress Blythe Danner—mom to Gwyneth Paltrow—says, “I’m fine and dandy now.”

Black individuals were able to access surgery within 28 days of diagnosis, down from 43 days before the intervention.

The largest peer-reviewed study of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine in cancer patients finds no more, and no different, side effects.

For some people with access to skilled surgeons, surgery plus chemotherapy improves survival compared to chemotherapy alone.

Matt Froestad has survived testicular cancer twice and now looks forward to fatherhood.

“Having a caregiver or advocate by your side is so important.” As is a keeping binder to organize the deluge of pancreatic cancer data.

Testicular cancer survivor Michael Acosta mentors others going through cancer.