The racial disparities existing within cancer care need to be addressed, so we brought a panel of experts and advocates to explain exactly how we can do that during our ‘Close the Gap’ conference.
Getting a second opinion can help ensure that you get the best possible cancer care. You may want another opinion if you have a rare type of cancer, or you don’t like the treatment the first doctor ...
“Baywatch” star Nicole Eggert has finished up radiation and is set to be medically induced into menopause amid her stage 2 breast cancer battle. Stage 2 breast cancers are either larger than stage 1 ...
A recent entry to the popular advice column “Dear Abby” explores the topic of relationships and cancer. Facing cancer can be a very vulnerable and emotionally exhausting experience, so it can help to ...
Grade 2 gliomas are still considered low-grade. Surgery is generally the first treatment and in some cases, it can even be curative. Certain patients are considered high-risk for recurrence after ...
Hormone or hormone receptor (estrogen, progesterone) therapies are critical players in treating advanced and metastatic breast cancers. Hormones drive the growth of many breast cancers. Despite their ...
For low-grade gliomas, surgery is typically part of the initial treatment plan. The goal is to remove as much of the tumor as possible without causing significant neurological side effects, or maximal ...
Gliomas are graded on their aggressiveness, not staged like many other cancers. They are graded on a scale of 1 through 4 with 4 being the most aggressive. Low-grade gliomas are easier to treat, and ...
Attorney Gary Jensen, 71, is on a mission to educate about esophageal cancer. The father of three and grandfather of eight achieved remission status for the disease in August 2023 after his stage 3 ...
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a groundbreaking technology that is transforming the way we understand and treat gliomas, which are a type of tumor that arises in the brain or spinal cord. This ...
Comedian Wanda Sykes, who previously battled stage zero breast cancer after cancer was found during breast reduction surgery, is once again raising awareness for breast cancer, and doing so with the ...
Gliomas are a type of cancer that start in the brain. They are different from cancers that begin elsewhere in the body and spread to the brain. “Gliomas almost never go outside of the brain,” Dr.