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Survey finds that majority of cancer patients of all generations increasingly rely on the internet to gather information after a cancer diagnosis.
To protect the brain, the body has developed a series of defenses to keep it safe from harm—from both internal and external threats.
But for some people, the risk of cancer poses a constant threat, because they have what’s known as a hereditary cancer syndrome.
It’s a common conundrum faced by cancer doctors: Many of the treatments they use to fight cancer may do their job well, but at the same time, they may cause serious damage to the heart.
“If you don’t have a correct diagnosis, you cannot treat the patient correctly,” says CTCA Pathologist Fernando U. Garcia, MD. Learn about the critical role a pathology report plays in the cancer patient’s journey.
Researchers are finding that combining immunotherapy with focused radiation treatments delivered directly to the tumor sometimes shrinks not just the targeted tumor, but cancers located in areas of the body that were not radiated.
Some patients may put off chemotherapy treatments for more than two years, thanks to a new class of drugs approved for metastatic breast cancer.
Many Americans are buzzing over the federal government's recent approval of the country's first prescription-free genetic test for hereditary mutations linked to several common cancers. But cancer experts are raising serious concerns that the test will do more harm than good.
Some cancer patients respond so well to certain treatment when others do not that scientists are researching what makes them unique. Find out what they're learning about so-called exceptional responders, and how that may lead to advancements in cancer treatment.
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