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Patient having conversation with doctor about cancer treatment side effects
January 14, 2021 Communication

Cancer Treatment Side Effects: Are Doctors Listening?

A recent study compared what patients said about side effects they were experiencing from radiation treatment with what their doctors reported.

October 24, 2020 Access to Care

Ending Breast Cancer Disparities

One of the most critical breast cancer awareness messages is about the urgent need to end breast cancer disparities.

Cancer research stories worth following for Winter 2017 include a possible use of an existing drug in triple negative breast cancer to prevent metastasis.
February 27, 2017 Research Updates

5 Cancer Research Stories Worth Following – Winter 2017

Cancer research stories worth following this winter include a possible new use for an existing drug to prevent metastasis in triple negative breast cancer.

A new year and improving health care
January 7, 2017 Access to Care

A New Year: Where Do We Go From Here?

Let’s keep moving forward in 2017 and address health care access issues, including out-of-pocket costs, that are priorities for most Americans.

Breast Cancer "Standard of Care": Standard for All?
November 29, 2016 Access to Care

Cancer and Health Policy: Some Things I’m Watching

Possible health policy changes in the coming months could be critical for anyone affected by or potentially affected by cancer.

Why don't more patients participate in clinical trials?
June 16, 2016 Clinical Trials

Cancer Clinical Trials: Why Don’t More of Us Participate?

When consumers have a better understanding of how clinical trials work they are most likely to say they would enroll in one, a recent study found.

Laptop, newspaper and coffee
April 30, 2014 Research Updates

Top Cancer Research Stories: Spring 2014

Top cancer research stories for Spring 2014 include new guidelines on survivorship care and clinical trial findings for an experimental drug to treat hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.

Laptop, newspaper and coffee
January 6, 2014 Research Updates

Top Cancer Research Stories: November-December 2013

Top cancer research stories for November-December 2013 include a study on media coverage of the Angelina Jolie story and a study on the reasons behind higher breast cancer mortality rates for African American women.

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