A chaplain, who is now cancer-free, is collecting blankets and throws to deliver them to cancer patients who are still ...

At UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital at Mission Bay, an extraordinary meeting of super heroes took place where the sky was the ...

Four months ago, Catherine Crews was given six months to live. On Monday, she completed an item on her final to-do list: She ...

But drugs called dopamine agonists commonly prescribed by doctors to ease the symptoms may actually exacerbate problems in up to half of patients, studies have found. In some cases the effects can ...

The best Medicare plans for cancer patients are a Medigap Plan G from AARP and a Medicare Part D plan from Aetna. Alternatively, if your cancer diagnosis means you can't qualify for Medigap, choose a ...

Stand-up comedian Janey Godley has shared some exciting news about her daughter just days on from announcing an update on her incurable cancer diagnosis. The Scottish comic, 63, was forced to ...

A new analysis shows that, among patients with metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer, the benefits of immunotherapy hold true regardless of the presence of a KRAS mutation. A major new ...

Patients undergoing cancer treatments often use palliative medicine to cope with nausea, fatigue and other bothersome symptoms. Palliative medicine is a medical specialty whose main focus is ...

Optimism can be a useful coping mechanism for cancer patients, specialists say, or unwelcome pressure to smile the disease away You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in ...

A London nurse has been struck off after “hiding” during emergencies and not giving pain relief to a terminal cancer patient. Xandra Ann De Leon Samson was struck off the Nursing and Midwifery ...

A group of researchers in Sudbury is about to launch a new study that examines the financial impact of cancer on patients in Northern Ontario. The study is the work of Stacey Santi, research chair ...