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For many patients with a deadly type of brain cancer called glioblastoma, chemotherapy resistance is a big problem. But now, researchers may have moved a step closer to a solution.

The partners of patients with prostate cancer grapple with their own quality-of-life issues that impact their sexual well-being, a new study shows. Using the first questionnaire of its kind, the authors uncovered key challenges faced by…

For patient questions about cancer, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots can generate quality, empathetic, and readable responses, according to a study published online May 16 in JAMA Oncology.

For many patients with a deadly type of brain cancer called glioblastoma, chemotherapy resistance is a big problem.

For patients battling glioblastoma, a highly aggressive and deadly form of brain cancer, resistance to chemotherapy remains a significant obstacle.

According to BrainTumor.org, those diagnosed with Glioblastoma have an average survival rate of only 6.9%, with the length of survival estimated to be less than a year. One local patient is beating the odds, and still going strong.

The approval for the public system is a long process, entailing between 20 and 30 steps

Public patients face ‘huge delays’ on cancer drugs, a poorer quality of life and a poorer chance of survival

A father-of-three with terminal brain cancer hopes to set a world record by cycling further than anyone undergoing chemotherapy ever has before, to encourage fellow patients to “enjoy life”.

A father-of-three with terminal brain cancer hopes to set a world record by cycling further than anyone undergoing chemotherapy ever has before, to encourage fellow patients to “enjoy life”.

All of the sponsorship money from the run is used by Children’s Cancer North to support patients

Kim Penberthy of the University of Virginia says treatment for cancer can be just as challenging for a patient’s mental health as the diagnosis.

Albertans diagnosed with cancer are waiting three to four times longer than recommended standards to see a cancer specialist, according to the Alberta Medical Association.

Saturday, May 18, 2024 -- So masks for secret societies are fine, Halloween is fine, and clowns are fine -- just not cancer patients, other immunocompromised individuals or any other people concerned with protecting their health.

Intermountain Health is working on new advances in breast cancer screening by transforming early detection.

Roughly one in five cancer patients benefits from immunotherapy – a treatment that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer.

Roughly one in five cancer patients benefit from immunotherapy—a treatment that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer. Such an approach to beating cancer has seen significant success in lung cancer and melanoma, among others.…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new drug to treat patients with an advanced form of deadly lung cancer.

Cutting-edge cancer treatments are essentially useless for patients barely clinging to life, a new study shows.