To comply with the new law, the U.S. Department of Education recently issued a draft rule that would impose limits on how much graduate students can borrow — up to $20,500 per year and $100,000 in ...

Our fourth annual Cancer Health 25 honors individuals working tirelessly to define and address such disparities. They include doctors, nurses, researchers, volunteers, patient navigators, grassroots ...

“The goal of this study is not to divert funds away from cancers that are well supported, but rather expand funding for other cancers that aren’t getting enough support currently,” lead author Suneel ...

In this first-person essay, author and writing coach Emily Rubin shares her shock and resolve regarding a second breast cancer diagnosis after many years in remission.

SLNB, which involves surgical removal and analysis of a lymph node closest to the primary tumor, is the preferred method for axillary staging in early-stage breast cancer. However, accumulating ...

The global cancer burden is estimated to have risen to 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million deaths in 2018. One in 5 men and one in 6 women worldwide develop cancer during their lifetime, and one in ...

National Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancer Awareness Month raises awareness of these less common cancers. According to the American Cancer Society, about 12,300 people are diagnosed with gallbladder ...

Anxiety about scans, bloodwork and similar tests is a common experience for many people living with and beyond cancer, but they are finding creative ways to ease its grip.

For our fifth annual Cancer Health 25 feature, we want to spotlight the power and the promise of clinical trials. To be clear, this is not a list of the most important clinical trials. Rather it ...

“Personalized, risk-based screening is critical to improving breast cancer outcomes, and AI tools offer us the best opportunity to fulfill that potential,” said Robert Smith, PhD, senior vice ...

“Liquid biopsies” make headlines for their potential to detect multiple cancers in their earliest stages, but it’s too soon to tell whether the tests are accurate and safe enough for widespread use, ...

Medications used to treat skin melanoma, such as checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy, do not work as well against uveal melanoma. Kimmtrak, the first drug approved specifically for this type of cancer, ...