A sea of pink people. That’s pretty much all you saw at this past Sunday’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure to raise monies for breast cancer.Thousands of people: patients, survivors, families, nurses, doctors, friends, police, EMTs, advocates, volunteers, ...

Every once in a while, it’s important to get on a train and go to Washington to make your voice heard. At Fox Chase Cancer Center’s kind invitation, I went with Communications Director Lisa Bailey and fellow breast cancer survivor Kim Hagerich to the Capito...

Genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk has been available for about 20 years. A family history with more than one case of the same or related cancers, young cancers, or people who had cancer more than once might be offered genetic testing. This tes...

For decades, the Pap test had been the only test available to screen for cervical cancer. The Pap is simple, safe, inexpensive, and most importantly, very effective. The number of cases of cervical cancer in the US has dropped by more than half over the pas...

Vascularized lymph node transfer is an innovative new surgical procedure used to treat lymphedema, a common condition for patients who have had their lymph nodes removed during the course of cancer treatment.Symptoms of lymphedema include fluid retention, t...