Married People May Have Better Colorectal Cancer Outcomes, Fox Chase Cancer Center Study Shows

When a patient begins cancer treatment, a word that often emerges early in conversations is “remission.”

Leading up to my diagnosis, cancer wasn’t even on my radar. I found a lump, yes, but everyone around me — doctors, nurses, friends — reassured me it was probably nothing.

Cancer survivors who received high-cost immunotherapies appear more likely to experience financial hardship, according to study results published in Journal of Cancer Survivorship.

Human health is complex and diagnostic tools and their limitations, so missing a diagnosis is sometimes unavoidable.