There are several new drugs and treatment modalities available for those facing advanced stage prostate cancer. You should speak with your oncologist to determine which might work for your specific ...

A new targeted approach, which combines a drug called encorafenib with cetuximab and chemotherapy regimen mFOLFOX6, has received accelerated FDA approval for metastatic colorectal cancer with a BRAF ...

Only some lung cancer patients benefit, especially those with PD-L1 protein on their cells, as it responds well to immunotherapy. Clinical trials are exploring new targets beyond PD-L1, potentially ...

Judy Perkins will be in medical textbooks for years to come for being the first person to be declared free of metastatic breast cancer after a course of immunotherapy. Since SurvivorNet last checked ...

During a clinical trial, researchers found that CDK4/CDK6 inhibitor Verzenio may have a huge impact on women battling early stage breast cancer by decreasing the likelihood of the cancer returning.

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 ...

Oswald Peterson, 54, is a stage four lung cancer survivor who has been cancer free after receiving treatment with a game changing class of drugs called checkpoint inhibitors (or PD-L1 inhibitors), ...

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is a type of cancer of the white blood cells. In CML, blast cells (or immature white blood cells) form and uncontrollably multiply and divide and can impair the body’s ...

Hormone therapy for breast cancer is one line of defense in the vast tool kit for treatment. It’s used for hormone receptor-positive cancers, which are actually the most common types of breast cancers ...

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 ...

There are several different treatment options available to women with early-stage breast cancer. The treatment choice depends on several factors, including if and how much the cancer has spread, a ...

Cervical cancer incidence in the US has been going down steadily for years. Famous survivors like Erin Andrews, Judy Blume and Georgia Tennant have used their own experiences with the disease to ...