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Children's Brain Tumor Foundation explains the importance of their research and programs.

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Brain cancer has replaced leukemia as the leading type of cancer causing death among children.

Using mobile apps and other new technologies, clinicians can better monitor and help their patients.

Despite obesity as a risk factor for clear cell RCC, a high BMI is a prognostic factor for improved survival in patients with metastatic RCC.

The NOCC is connecting women who have ovarian cancer to others who are experiencing similar struggles.

In the last two decades, global ovarian cancer mortality rates have either levelled or declined.

African American breast cancer survivors experience some specific concerns and risk factors that healthcare practitioners should be aware of when developing survivorship care plans for this population.

Capecitabine, the chemotherapy agent, may cause patients to lose their fingerprints, according to a recent study from the Netherlands.

When we think about the stresses and strains on cancer caregivers in the dawn of the 21st century, the compounded demands on their time and resources must be a first and primary focus.

The nurses that helped Taylor Hendrix during her personal cancer journey led her to pursue a career in oncology nursing.

Cancer survivors are not more likely than the general population to fully engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors. Interventions to increase physical activity and smoking cessation programs are needed.

Deborah Derman used her personal losses and professional experiences to create the new book Colors of Loss and Healing: An Adult Coloring Book for Getting Through Tough Times to help people move forward in their lives.

Music interventions, a category of integrative therapy, can be used to soothe the psychological and physical symptoms and treatment side effects in patients with cancer.

Blinatumomab (Blincyto) gained accelerated approval by the FDA for the treatment of pediatric and adolescent patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative (Ph-) relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)

Researchers analyzed Bing.com search logs to identify those recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Through symptom patterns expressed as searches, they were able to identify 5% to 15% of pancreatic cancer cases.

Following on a 10-month improvement in progression-free survival (PFS), the FDA has approved ofatumumab (Arzerra) in combination with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide as a treatment for patients with with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

MammaPrint has been shown to improve prediction of clinical outcomes in women with early-stage breast cancer.

At 23, Lindsay Kahn when she was diagnosed with stage 2 refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. Kahn describes the site IHadCancer.com as a “safe haven,” and says it’s a staple of her daily experience.

Patients undergoing Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer may be at risk of significant psychological effects.

Colorectal cancer mortality rates have been on the decline in California for both men and women since the mid-1990s, but for one group—Hispanic men—rates have remained essentially unchanged, and a new study suggests that lower rates of screening may be the chief driver of this disparity.

COA created the CAPP network to enable APPs to review important practice issues and discuss solutions among themselves.

A large, population-based study found that obesity more prevalent in patients with a history of cancer than in the general population, suggesting an important area of focus and a need for improved weight management and control programs targeted at survivors’ specific needs.