Gliomas are graded on their aggressiveness, not staged like many other cancers. They are graded on a scale of 1 through 4 with 4 being the most aggressive. Low-grade gliomas are easier to treat, and ...

Attorney Gary Jensen, 71, is on a mission to educate about esophageal cancer. The father of three and grandfather of eight achieved remission status for the disease in August 2023 after his stage 3 ...

In a remarkable example of the disparities that exist when it comes to cancer and race, America’s Got Talent host Terry Crews, and his wife Rebecca, have shared a shocking story with SurvivorNet about ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved Novartis’ Kisqali (ribociclib) in combination with an aromatase inhibitor as treatment for people with HR+/HER2- stage II and III early breast ...

If you have non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), your doctor will recommend PD-L1 testing. This test will help your doctor understand if you can be treated with a type of cancer drug called immune ...

SurvivorNet holds an annual Close the Gap conference to educate, spread awareness, and ultimately, work to eliminate, racial disparities in cancer care. The goal is to ensure everyone has access to ...

“A positive attitude is really important,” says Dr. Zuri Murrell, a colorectal surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. If you have just been diagnosed with cancer, negative feelings are ...

Grade 2 gliomas are still considered low-grade. Surgery is generally the first treatment and in some cases, it can even be curative. Certain patients are considered high-risk for recurrence after ...

Hormone or hormone receptor (estrogen, progesterone) therapies are critical players in treating advanced and metastatic breast cancers. Hormones drive the growth of many breast cancers. Despite their ...

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a groundbreaking technology that is transforming the way we understand and treat gliomas, which are a type of tumor that arises in the brain or spinal cord. This ...

“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 ...

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), ...