“A positive attitude is really important,” says Dr. Zuri Murrell, a colorectal surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. If you have just been diagnosed with cancer, negative feelings are ...

Until now, myeloproliferative neoplasms are considered incurable, but there are some treatment options to help improve patients’ quality of life and manage the symptoms. Myeloproliferative neoplasms ...

"Some of the best data we have is that obesity increases the risk of not just getting prostate cancer but actually dying from prostate cancer," explains Dr. Stephen Freedland, a urologist at ...

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 ...

Can you learn to forgive yourself? This video might be one of the most important things we’ve published on SurvivorNet. One of the most important we may ever publish. Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Dr.

CNN chief correspondent, award-winning anchor, and dad of three, John King has revealed he’s altered his life to better live with multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease he initially chose to keep private.

Choosing what kind of surgery to have is a very personal choice. “As a breast surgeon, my job is (to help patients) understand that their long-term survival with mastectomy is equivalent to that with ...

Each type of myeloproliferative neoplasm' manifests in different signs and symptoms depending on the type of blood cells affected. But they most commonly manifest in headaches, fatigue, and dizziness ...

Gliomas are a type of cancer that start in the brain. They are different from cancers that begin elsewhere in the body and spread to the brain. “Gliomas almost never go outside of the brain,” Dr.

Attorney Gary Jensen, 71, is on a mission to educate about esophageal cancer. The father of three and grandfather of eight achieved remission status for the disease in August 2023 after his stage 3 ...

Grade 2 gliomas are still considered low-grade. Surgery is generally the first treatment and in some cases, it can even be curative. Certain patients are considered high-risk for recurrence after ...

SurvivorNet holds an annual Close the Gap conference to educate, spread awareness, and ultimately, work to eliminate, racial disparities in cancer care. The goal is to ensure everyone has access to ...