Undergoing chemotherapy takes a serious toll on the body. Along with the obvious symptoms of fatigue, nausea and general pain, come some pretty harsh physical changes (think loss of hair, eyelashes ...

Warning: Have a tissue near your desk. Not just because you are about to watch a video of a 12-year-old cancer patient, but because you are about to witness a brightly optimistic, well-spoken, ...

My college experience was bookended by two major life events: my mother’s cancer diagnosis in November of my first semester, and her death in October of my fourth and final year. While my friends were ...

For many women battling cancer, one of the hardest aspects of their diagnosis, beyond the waiting, the telling family and friends or the sky-high bills, is a sense of losing oneself. This feeling is ...

Ever forget the difference between an IND, a Phase I and Phase II trial? The difference between protein expression and gene expression profiling? The National Cancer Institute has a nifty tutorial ...

A 12-year-old girl with cancer, who has captivated the Internet with her makeup tutorials over the past year, announced that her cancer has spread to her bone marrow. Talia Castellano started her ...