In a remarkable example of the disparities that exist when it comes to cancer and race, America’s Got Talent host Terry Crews, and his wife Rebecca, have shared a shocking story with SurvivorNet about ...
A new combination therapy for advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer has been approved by the FDA. Patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer who are mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) or ...
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 ...
For women diagnosed with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, the combination of chemotherapy and an immunotherapy drug called atezolizumab (also known by its brand name, Tecentriq) can have a ...
SurvivorNet holds an annual Close the Gap conference to educate, spread awareness, and ultimately, work to eliminate, racial disparities in cancer care. The goal is to ensure everyone has access to ...
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 ...
Multiple myeloma is a rare cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 30,770 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed this ...
“A positive attitude is really important,” says Dr. Zuri Murrell, a colorectal surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. If you have just been diagnosed with cancer, negative feelings are ...
“Did you smoke?” is a common, and not always easy question, which people are asked when they get lung cancer. It may not be a nice question, but it is increasingly important for deciding your ...
It began as a lump in her groin. They thought it was a hernia, but when they did the operationthey found the melanoma. A very large one that required surgery to remove. Dr. Anna Pavlick, a medical ...
When multiple myeloma comes back you are going to face decisions about which treatment to choose because there is no single standard of care. We’ve created a series of videos to help you in this ...