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TreatmentStudy: Observation as Good as Surgery in Early-stage Prostate Cancer
A major 20-year study led by the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System has found more evidence that surgery for early-stage prostate cancer does not help men live longer than observation.
Transitioning Back to Life After Treatment Is a Challenge for Many Cancer Survivors
Post-treatment, cancer survivors face new challenges transitioning back to normal life. Researchers are discovering new and better ways to help.
Research Under Way for Lung Cancer Dream Team
In the Spring of 2015, more than 35 of the nation’s leading cancer researchers joined an unprecedented effort to improve lung cancer treatment. The Lung Cancer Dream Team, as it’s known, is specifically focused on a difficult-to-treat lung cancer with a common gene mutation called KRAS, which occurs in 20-30% of lung cancers.
Study Compares Surgery, Radiation, and Active Monitoring to Treat Prostate Cancer
A study of men in the United Kingdom with early-stage prostate cancer found they were just as likely to survive 10 years whether they had surgery, radiation, or active monitoring – which meant closely watching their disease for any changes and giving them active treatment only if needed.