Most patients who are diagnosed with cancer get the basics of their diagnosis and treatment plan from their doctors. But there’s more to know about successfully navigating the disease—and it can be tough to figure out where to start.Here are seven things to...

Skin cancer is often caused by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun (or tanning beds). So it's easy to assume that melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, will develop on parts of the body that get a lot of sun exposure, like the face, arms, ...

When someone we care about is diagnosed with cancer, we often struggle to find the right words. We worry about saying the wrong thing. We reach for metaphors like fighting a battle or being a warrior.These images can be meaningful for some people. But for o...

The two smartest things you can do to help prevent cervical cancer are to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, and to get the right test at the right time.Cervical cancer rates have dropped dramatically in the US over the past few decades. This ...

A cancer diagnosis often brings with it a lot of decisions, especially about treatment. And sometimes those decisions can be difficult to make or understand.That’s especially true if you or a loved one is thinking about forgoing treatment altogether or stop...

Cancer survivors share many things, including this: a fear that their cancer will return. It’s a worry that, ironically, often surfaces at what should be an occasion for relief—the end of active treatment. But that’s exactly when cancer survivors see their ...