For low-grade gliomas, surgery is typically part of the initial treatment plan. The goal is to remove as much of the tumor as possible without causing significant neurological side effects, or maximal ...

Veteran MSNBC news anchor Andrea Mitchell, 78, announced in late October that she would be stepping down from her long-running daily news show, Andrea Mitchell Reports — which first aired in 2008 — ...

Stem cell transplants aim to help a patient recover from the loss of blood cells they experience while being treated for multiple myeloma. These blood-making cells are removed from the body and stored ...

Looking at the genetic makeup of multiple myeloma cells can help in deciding how aggressive treatment should be and what therapy to take. A fluorescence in situ hybridization test (FISH) is one of the ...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer type among U.S. veterans and men in general. 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime. As the medical field continues to make ...

A rectal spacer is a gel that doctors inject between the prostate and rectum before radiation therapy to specifically target and reduce side effects of the treatment such as bladder leakage and rectal ...

There are multiple CD4/CD6 inhibitors that are currently available for metastatic estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers, including Ibrance, Kisqali, and Verzenio. When you hear estrogen ...

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 ...

The late actress and icon Farrah Fawcett, who lost her fight to anal cancer in 2009, would have turned 74 on Feb. 2. Alana Stewart, Fawcett’s best friend, shares a special tribute to her “beautiful ...

If you’ve elected to have implant reconstruction following a mastectomy, there are two options for the procedure: using a breast tissue expander which is a two-step process, or direct-to-implant ...

Getting a second opinion can help ensure that you get the best possible cancer care. You may want another opinion if you have a rare type of cancer, or you don’t like the treatment the first doctor ...

Autologous stem cell transplantation has been an important treatment intervention in multiple myeloma since the 1980s. The main risks of a stem cell transplant are the toxicities of chemotherapy.