#cancer treatment

Lumakras led to tumor shrinkage in 36% of NSCLC patients with KRAS G12C mutations.

Vaccines that stimulate immune responses against cancer using the mRNA technology may be fast-acting and cheap to make.

The report found U.S. cancer patients spent $5.6 billion in out-of-pocket costs for cancer treatment in 2018.

Jamil Rivers, 42, is the board president of METAvivor, a nonprofit breast cancer organization. She is living with metastatic breast cancer.

The report highlights how cancer research is extending and improving lives and includes a special feature on COVID-19 and cancer challenges.

The honeybee’s sting contains a compound that kills hard-to-treat breast cancer cells quickly.

In a long-term study, 71% of women who chose to get pregnant gave birth successfully.

The free facilities serve tens of thousands of people with cancer and caregivers each year.

The disparity is likely due in part to a low representation of minority physicians in cancer subspecialties.

AACR report highlights progress in preventing and treating cancer—including 27 new drug approvals last year—but disparities persist.

Sarah Thomas is the first person to swim across the body of water four times nonstop.

Even patients with health insurance are soliciting online donations to cover the cost of bills, travel and medication.

But much needs to be done to help cancer survivors live longer and healthier lives.

When Tina Turner’s health faltered, her devoted spouse helped rekindle hope.

Researchers believe specially designed cancer care programs could prevent Black patients from being lost to care.

Eighty percent of medications that receive accelerated approval don’t extend overall survival.