Peripheral neuropathy (ie. tingling, numbness, pain, or weakness in the hands and feet) can be a really difficult side effect of chemotherapy. Peripheral neuropathy disproportionately affects Black ...

Oswald Peterson, 54, is a stage four lung cancer survivor who has been cancer free after receiving treatment with a game changing class of drugs called checkpoint inhibitors (or PD-L1 inhibitors), ...

Can you learn to forgive yourself? This video might be one of the most important things we’ve published on SurvivorNet. One of the most important we may ever publish. Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Dr.

Connie Campbell was 11 years old when she discovered she had a type of brain tumor called medulloblastoma [a rare primary central nervous system tumor] just days after going on rollercoaster prompted ...

It began as a lump in her groin. They thought it was a hernia, but when they did the operationthey found the melanoma. A very large one that required surgery to remove. Dr. Anna Pavlick, a medical ...

"As someone on the front lines, who sees this every day, I've seen lung cancer caused by marijuana that is incredibly aggressive," says Dr. Raja Flores, Chairman of the Department of Thoracic Surgery ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a new proposed rule to put standardized testing methods in place for the detection of asbestos, a known carcinogen, in talc-containing cosmetic products.

A new study demonstrated that a drug called pirtobrutinib (brand name Jaypirca) led to a 46% lower risk of CLL progression or death and extended the time to the next treatment by more than double ...

Wouldn’t you want to be told? It is a well-documented fact that surgery to remove the prostate can actually reduce the size of the penis. The men on the SurvivorNet staff almost blew a gasket when ...

Understanding your prostate cancer diagnosis helps you make informed treatment choices and set realistic health expectations. Your doctor (usually a urologist or radiation oncologist) and care team ...

“Did you smoke?” is a common, and not always easy question, which people are asked when they get lung cancer. It may not be a nice question, but it is increasingly important for deciding your ...

Cassandra Costley was just 32 years old when she began experiencing rectal bleeding and pain that would “come and go.” She initially dismissed symptoms as hemorrhoids, but six years later, was ...