December 2, 2016 Medicare recipients with cancer face financial distress Older cancer patients in the U.S. often face high out-of-pocket costs that are a significant financial burden, according to a new study.
November 21, 2016 Childhood cancer survivors may not get needed adult care Children who've had cancer may be more likely to receive the follow-up care they need in adulthood if their parents take the time to teach them how to interact with doctors while they're young, a recent study suggests.
November 2, 2016 Palliative care should be standard in cancer treatment: guideline For patients with advanced cancer, palliative care should start early and be an integral part of treatment, not just something added on near the end of life, according to a new practice guideline from the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
November 2, 2016 Father shares photo of daughter near end of cancer battle to raise awareness On Oct. 27, doctors at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital informed 4-year-old Jessica Whelan’s parents that she would only have weeks left to live.
October 27, 2016 Cancer survivors take more psych meds than other people People who live through a bout with cancer are more likely to use medication for anxiety and depression than those without a history of malignancies, a U.S. study suggests.
October 24, 2016 Brittany Maynard's widower fights back after mother-in-law releases memoir Before 29-year-old Brittany Maynard chose to end her life in November 2014 amid a battle with terminal, incurable brain cancer, she made a specific request to her husband: She wanted him, and no one else, to tell her story after she died.
October 23, 2016 Women's soccer star undergoes surgery to remove brain tumor Former U.S. women’s national team star Lauren Holiday had surgery on Thursday to remove a brain tumor.
September 30, 2016 Doctors don't communicate well about terminally ill patients Cancer specialists and primary care physicians are not communicating very well about the end-of-life concerns of the patients they share - and according to one new study, they often rely on those patients to convey information back and forth.
September 27, 2016 Cancer patients may be overly optimistic about early drug trial participation People with cancer may overestimate the possible benefits to them of participating in an early trial of a new medicine, even after talking with a doctor about what to expect, according to a new study from the U.K. So-called phase 1 trials of experimental treatments are intended to test the drug's safety.
September 19, 2016 Cancer-risk genetic testing reports can vary from lab to lab Testing for gene mutations linked to cancer risk may guide how a patient is treated, but the determination of whether a mutation is dangerous or benign can vary from lab to lab, according to a recent study.
