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ASCO's first-ever clinical trial aims to match patients who have run out of treatment options with therapies that are FDA-approved to treat tumors with their genetic variant but for a different type of cancer.

Adding palbociclib (Ibrance) to standard fulvestrant more than doubled progression-free survival in pretreated patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, according to study results presented at the 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting.

A new study reported at the 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting suggests that anastrozole may be better than tamoxifen for many women who choose adjuvant therapy to prevent recurrence after DCIS.

Cancer Support Community tackles the CLL experience in new cancer experience registry.

Effectively communicating with patients is essential for oncology nurses and can have a tangible impact on the success of treatment. But what is effective communication?

Complementary and alternative therapies like yoga and acupuncture are becoming more popular among cancer patients and survivors to help ease symptoms like pain, fatigue, and distress, but what drives-and deters-the use of these integrative therapies is not well understood.

More Than $1.35 Million Awarded to Young Adult Survivors Since 2005.

A study by researchers at the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven provides further support for the use of standardized measures of distress.

No one should fight lung cancer alone. Free ME from Lung Cancer helps raise much-needed money for lung cancer research, education, and community support.

Weight training was shown to help stave off deterioration of physical function in breast cancer survivors, conferring a benefit twice that of women in a control group who did not participate in the weight-lifting intervention.

It is only human to have feelings of fear, anger, depression, disappointment, and confusion after receiving a diagnosis of cancer.

ASCO has updated and expanded its set of treatment and survivorship care plan (SCP) templates for oncology professionals and patients with cancer.

Caregiver Choices is a resource for all those who find themselves in the role of caregiver for someone who has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

Huddle boards-permanent bulletin boards that display daily status and improvement plans for a workgroup-are part of the Kaizen lean production method, a rapid improvement initiative designed for businesses.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society asked Ann McNeill, a registered nurse who has worked with cancer patients for 12 years, to share five healthy tips she and her colleagues often stress to patients.

There are many children whose stories inspire the work of Chase After a Cure. Following is just one of them-the story of McKenzie May.

Although use of robotic surgery for prostate cancer has surpassed open surgical procedures, the impact of this approach on patient quality of life has not been well-studied.

When the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against routine PSA screening for early detection of prostate cancer in May 2012, it caused a sea change in practice patterns among primary care physicians.

The financial costs associated with cancer are often overwhelming. Even having health insurance doesn't guarantee patients will be able to afford treatment.

The use of social media is now so widespread that professional healthcare organizations have developed guidelines for its use.

Finding treatment options, helping patients, and contributing to clinical research just got easier.

The addition of docetaxel to standard hormonal therapy significantly improved survival among men with newly diagnosed, hormone-naïve advanced prostate cancer.

For those with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer, reducing their risk of recurrence can be as simple as taking the vitamin B3 pill nicotinamide.

Statin use before or after a diagnosis of lung cancer may be linked to a reduced risk of death from the disease, according to findings of a recent study which found that patients who used statins in the year before a lung cancer diagnosis had a statistically significant 12% reduction in lung cancer-specific deaths.

The month of May is Lung Cancer Hope Month, and here are just 5 reasons we can all be hopeful.

Risk of developing high-risk prostate cancer higher than control group.

E-cigarettes, championed by some as a smoking-cessation tool, may actually decrease the likelihood of quitting smoking, according to a recent population-based study of 1000 smokers published in The American Journal of Public Health.

Being recognized as a lung cancer advocate made me realize how important even the smallest role in this fight can be.

Ensuring that pegfilgrastim (Neulasta) is administered at the optimal time for the prevention of neutropenia and febrile neutropenia can pose a challenge for busy healthcare practitioners (HCPs).

Women who are at high risk of ovarian cancer are more likely to undergo preventive ovary removal if they are proactively offered genetic counseling, a new study has found.