The treatment can reprogram immune cells that have been corrupted by the cancer, strengthening the body’s ability to attack.

A new study finds millions of adults with disabilities are missing critical cancer screenings, but those with disabilities have higher rates of at-home stool testing for colorectal cancer.

Twenty-five years after the attack, tens of thousands of people have gotten sick. I am one of them.

Remember when Republicans used to care about their fellow human beings?

A fluorimeter the size of an AirPod case replicates gold-standard lab assays and can deliver portable diagnostic testing for Staph infection, HIV, cancer, and more.

A new book details the scale of the administrative burdens we face

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved daraxonrasib, an oral multi-selective RAS(ON) inhibitor, for adults with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma who have received at least one pr...

# M44 is a national 501(c)(3) organization that addresses unmet financial and other needs of persons living with Stage IV cancers.

New research strengthens the case for using certain medications to help protect some patients from cardiac toxicity — and highlights major knowledge gaps.

The Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the Interim Final Rule (IFR) on Medicaid Community Engagement Requi

Disclaimer: This post reflects my personal perspective. Every person living with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) has the right to describe their experience in whatever way feels authentic t…

Emerging therapies target dormant tumor cells and their microenvironment to delay or prevent metastatic recurrence after successful cancer treatment.

The state constitution makes an unusual promise to residents: to provide care and support for the needy. But a recent lawsuit accuses it of failing to meet that mandate by putting low-income household...

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Nine (9) years is a strange country to inhabit when you were once told you might only have months. Time changes shape when it is measured not in vacations or promotions or retirement plans, but in scan dates, infusion schedules, pathology reports, and the quiet calculations you do before every holiday, every birthday, every milestone, every ordinary day. Nine (9) years of living with terminal cancer means I can no longer divide my life neatly into before and after. Cancer has threaded itself into everything long ago. It moved into the house with us.

Dr Mythili Menon Pathiyil discusses colorectal cancer trends in younger adults.

Paper Trail · Episode

There is a particular darkness that arrives after a dear friend dies. Not the darkness of the death itself. Not the darkness of the phone call, the text message, the hospice update, the social media announcement, or the funeral. These mechanics of the death process come without warning, but you can handle these parts in community, even when the loss is not a local friend. The darkness I am talking about comes later. When everyone else returns to their regularly scheduled programming. When the world seems strangely comfortable moving forward without someone you deeply loved in it.

A new pancreatic cancer treatment may finally move the needle on what's proved to be an unforgiving disease. Fred Hutch patients and experts weigh in.

More than 40 million adults in the U.S. ages 50 and older have osteopenia, or low bone density. An FDA-approved wearable vibration device is giving some women a tool that could slow that loss.

Lesbians are less likely to get screened for cervical cancer than heterosexual and bisexual women, but cervical cancer screening is recommended for all women with a cervix, including lesbians.

Whether you are politically left or right, you should want Universal Healthcare as a human right—here are the receipts on why