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...I was asked recently about how my cancer diagnosis affected my relationships, from my immediate family to my friends to my work associates. It was an interesting question to ponder...

...An academic survey study is being conducted to help researchers understand patient insights about cancer clinical studies. If you want to be a part of this study, check out the...

...Do you have FCR...Fear of Cancer Recurrence? FCR has been defined as "fear, worry, or concern relating to the possibility that cancer will come back or progress." Now that we have...

...To be honest, I was somewhat confused about what a needle biopsy entailed. When I was diagnosed about three and a half years ago, I had biopsies done of my...

...Hope is a word I never used to associate with lung cancer because for a very long time there just wasn’t any. I have been fighting lung cancer indirectly, and...

...Have you heard of Precision Medicine? If you haven't, you are certainly not alone! But, it is very important for you to know it exists, what it is, and how...

...In mid-April, I attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) for the second year in a row. This conference brings together over 20,000 cancer researchers...

...One of the anomalies of lung cancer is that for many patients, they never experience any symptoms to clue them into their predicament. As the disease becomes more advanced, of...

...In today's political climate, it isn't often that you hear about a bill that enjoys bipartisan support, but the Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2018...

...Announce that you have cancer and it will likely be met with an outpouring of uncensored comments, a flood of words that had not been thought through, or it will...

...I have had lung cancer for 4 years and 3 months. Overall, I have been healthy. That does not include the side effects from my different treatments but I am referring to...

...Most people who hear of someone being diagnosed with lung cancer know, well, that's bad. And when they hear it is stage 4, that's even worse. That was my experience...

...Dear Caregiver, I was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer back in October 2012. While I am feeling quite well most of the time now, we went through a period...

...Trigger alert: cancer is a sensitive issue, but sometimes patients need to find humor in even the direst prognosis. I did not expect the reveal of my metastatic disease to...

...I don't know about you, but when I was undergoing chemotherapy, I was so constipated that I was absolutely miserable. In fact, the constipation was one of the very worst...