New Approaches for Prostate Cancer
In Treating Prostate Cancer, Researchers Seeking Less Invasive Method
Memorial Sloan Kettering doctors are exploring use of “focal therapy” as new way to treat cancer of the prostate. A surgeon explains the process.
How to Ease Patient Suffering
For the Seriously Ill, Spiritual Care an Important, Often-Missing Ingredient
In the final stages of life, palliative care can offer what treatment can’t. A Georgetown University ethicist and nursing expert explains how.
Racial Disparities in Cancer
Latest Breakthrough Cancer Therapies Are Not Helping All
Brian Rivers of Morehouse School of Medicine details the latest data on racial differences in cancer rates and deaths – and what can be done about them.
Tips for Understanding Scientific Statistics
How Journalists Can Better Understand Scientific Studies
A math professor teaches statistics for journalists covering scientific news.
Cancer Control in the U.S.
Understanding the Nation’s Uneven Efforts at Preventing Cancer
Cancer specialist Dr. Otis Brawley explains why efforts at controlling cancer leave out huge pockets of America.
Breakthrough Cancer Therapy
Pioneering Cancer Researcher Dr. Carl June Explains Latest on Immunotherapy
The treatment known as ‘CAR T-cell’ therapy is one of the most promising advances in cancer in years. A University of Pennsylvania researcher explains it.
Cancer by the Numbers
Latest Casualties in the War on Cancer
A top CDC official details U.S. cancer trends and explains how journalists can access the latest data.
Cost of Cancer Care
Journalists Can Help Ignite Debate on Cost of Breakthrough Cancer Drugs
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute expert Dr. George Demetri says policy debates need to balance innovative cancer treatments with their costs.
Half or More of All Cancers Could Be Prevented
Researchers Know Much More, But Public Messaging Lags
Elizabeth Platz explains which factors are proven to affect cancer rates – and how to talk to the public about them
Cancer Screening: Risks and Benefits
More Screening Doesn’t Necessarily Reduce Deaths. NIH Expert Explains Why.
NIH’s Dr. Jennifer Croswell says journalists should report on risk of bias and overdiagnosis when they cover cancer screening
How Clinical Trials Are Built
NIH Breast Cancer Specialist Details Journey from Idea to Cure
Before a new drug or treatment hits doctors’ offices, it goes through an elaborate approval process. The NIH’s Dr. Larissa Korde explains how it works.
The Direction of Cancer Research
Nation’s Top Cancer Doctor on the State of Research Today
Dr. Ned Sharpless says it’s a great time to be in cancer research. The director of the National Cancer Institute describes why.
War on Cancer Falling Short
Journalist Clifton Leaf Says Systemic Flaws Slow Progress in Curing Cancer
Author details progress in cancer cures – but says much more needs to be done.
Virtual Tour of Proton Beam Cancer Treatment
Radiation Treatment of the Future
New technology powered by proton beams can target cancer cells with laser precision.
When Knowing Isn’t Helpful
Screening for Cancers Seems an Obvious Benefit. Is It?
As public health campaigns push the population to regularly screen for cancers, one public health official urges caution.
What are the Odds?
When Analyzing Statistics, Journalists Often Miss the Mark
Helping the media and the pubic understand the real risks they face – or the real benefit of emerging clinical treatments.
New Technology in Cancer Research
A New Technique for Attacking Cancer
Researchers use ‘conditional cell reprogramming’ to help pinpoint which drugs might best kill tumors.
Next New Thing in Cancer Therapy?
Epigenetics’ has Promise for Boosting Other Novel Cancer Treatments
Some compelling new research could lead to new ways to use a body’s own immune system to beat cancer.
14 Million New Cancer Cases a Year
8.2 Million People Will Die
Developing nations like India and China account for big percentage of cancer cases and deaths.
The Science of Cancer Prevention
Where Do Journalists Fit In?
Meticulous reporting on science and medical studies and pronouncements acts as a bridge and gatekeeper to the public.
How Big Data can Help Treat Cancer
At a Major Cancer Center, the Chief Analytics Officer Changes the Mindset
Memorial Sloan Kettering’s data products unit uses the same systems that helped make Google and Facebook so innovative.
Obesity Complicates Cancer
Health Officials Worry as Americans Put on the Pounds
Obesity is associated with the risk of several different cancers – so much so that a fifth of cancers could be prevented if Americas were at their healthiest weight
‘Strange Glow’ and the Public’s Fear of Radiation
On Anniversary of Japanese Nuclear Accident, a Look Back at Its Impact
Expert says much of the fear of radiation is unwarranted – even as some real risks are overlooked.
A Breakthrough on the Cancer Front?
How Immunotherapy has Gone from Promise to Practice
A Johns Hopkins researcher helped investigate the role of immunotherapy in treating kidney cancer, and says its potential for other cancers is real.
Escalating Cancer Drug Prices
How Drug Companies Set the Price of New Cancer Therapies
Drug price increases get a lot of attention, but one expert suggests journalists should instead focus on the launch price.
A Paradigm Shift in Cancer Treatment
‘Active Surveillance’ of Prostate Cancer Now an Accepted Clinical Strategy
Surgeon says both the medical community and patients beginning to accept a strategy that counsels caution.
Precision Medicine and Cancer
Accepting the End of Life
Attention Still Needed For Counseling Those in their Final Days
Ethicist says the U.S. health care system does a poor job discussing the reality of death and dying.
HPV Vaccine
Environmental Causes of Cancer
Cost of Cancer
Pediatric Cancers
Skin Cancer Treatment
Cancer Screening Cautionary Tales
What questions to ask about always-evolving screening guidelines.
The Changing Treatment Landscape
