FAQ: Caregiving During Chemotherapy
Taking care of someone getting chemotherapy can involve helping to make treatment decisions and many other tasks. Knowing what to expect as a caregiver allows you to be helpful while taking care of your own needs too. Learn the basics.
Army Veteran Healthy After Ewing Sarcoma
Brandi Benson spent most of the fall and winter of 2008 working out with her Army unit in Iraq. She felt tired all the time but wouldn’t find out until weeks later that she had Ewing sarcoma.
What to Bring to a Potluck
Stuck on what to bring to the office potluck or holiday dinner? Try something healthy as well as tasty. Check out our list of ideas.
Cancer Patients May Not Be Told About Costs of Genomic Testing
As of 2016, more than 200 targeted therapies (also called precision medicines) were available in the United States, and more than 2,000 were in the last stages of development—half of them to treat cancer. For many of these drugs, doctors first use genomic testing of the cancer cells to get an idea of whether the treatment will work. Yet, nearly 1 in 4 oncologists rarely or never mention costs when they talk about the need for genomic testing with their cancer patients, according to a new study led by American Cancer Society (ACS) investigators.
Who Should Be Screened for Lung Cancer?
A harsh truth about lung cancer is that it doesn’t usually cause symptoms until the cancer has spread, which makes difficult to treat. That’s why the idea of screening – looking for lung cancer in people who do not have any symptoms – is appealing.
Lung Cancer Risks for Non-smokers
About 20% of people who die from lung cancer in the United States every year have never smoked or used any form of tobacco. Here’s what we know about why some non-smokers get lung cancer.
FAQ: Vaping and Your Kids
Alarming reports about vaping and lung illness have parents of teenagers worried about e-cigarette use. Get the facts about vaping and how to help your children stay safe.
Report: Social Determinants Must Be Addressed to Advance Health Equity
Overall, the rate of people dying from cancer in the United States has been getting lower for about the last 25 years. That progress, though, hasn’t been equitable. Everyone doesn’t have the same access to the advances in cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and survivorship. "We need to find solutions for better health where people live, work, and play, not only within the health care system,” said Kassandra Alcaraz, PhD, MPH. She's a co-author of a new report that addressed strategies to reduce these disparities.
