Everyone knows (or should know) that smoking causes lung cancer. If you think about it, you’ll realize that your mouth, throat and voicebox can’t get out of the way. They are exposed to the cancer-causing chemicals in tobacco smoke as well. Sure enough, smo...

The management of clinically localized prostate cancer, or cancer that has not spread beyond the prostate gland, is complex. There are a number of treatment options, ranging from close observation with frequent reassessment (active surveillance), surgery, a...

Coping with Cancer magazine recently invited me to write an article on facing fear after a cancer diagnosis. In my role as director of psychiatry at Fox Chase Cancer Center, I help patients and families confront cancer on a daily basis. While...

The public recently got to hear from Angelina Jolie about her decision to perform a double mastectomy in light of her having a genetic mutation in the BRCA1 gene T.The op-ed piece in the New York Times received tremendous international attent...

 With the recent news regarding Angelina Jolie’s courageous story, questions about breast cancer treatment, as well as breast reconstruction, have become common topics for discussion.Women who learned they have a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes ha...

Recently, there was a poll that indicated that 40 percent of parents intended to not vaccinate their daughters against HPV due to health concerns (1). It seems likely that even fewer will choose to vaccinate their sons.Over the last 10-15 years, there has b...