#chemotherapy

The United States is currently experiencing a shortage of 15 cancer drugs due to manufacturing and supply chain issues.

As a family medicine physician and a breast cancer patient, Cheryl Law shares how she navigates her own treatment.

Team uses large-scale proteogenomic changes to identify which ovarian cancer patients should look beyond standard treatment options.

New research by Dana-Farber scientists looks at elevated body mass index and chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Some insurers bypass hospital pharmacies and physician offices, shifting who gets to buy and bill for medications like chemotherapy drugs.

While expensive new drugs are developed, thousands of people can’t get a drug like cisplatin that costs as little as $6 a dose.

Cancer patients who used cannabis had less pain, slept better and seemed to think more clearly.

Women may be more vulnerable to the toxic effects of chemotherapy if they are treated in the morning.

When Charlie Huang almost lost the chance at a lifesaving stem cell transplant for his acute myeloid leukemia, he vowed to help others.

Plus: NCCN calls for solutions to the shortage that’s affecting common treatments for breast, blood, lung and prostate cancers.

Medicaid expansion was associated with improved two-year survival, especially for women with Stag III cancer.

Keytruda plus chemotherapy reduced the risk of death by about 40% for people with persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

A nationwide shortage of cancer drugs is causing thousands of patients to experience delays in treatment.

Chemotherapy drugs are increasingly in short supply, warn the American Cancer Society and ACS CAN about this life-threatening situation.

Treatment has shifted to immunotherapy, but survival gains have been small for people over age 75.