Research-driven progress in cancer science has made molecularly targeted therapeutics the fourth pillar or cancer care, but there are striking disparities in the use of cancer precision medicine among racial and ethnic minorities with cancer.
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Cancer is not a single disease, but rather a collection of diseases all characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of cells.
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A Family Confronts COVID and Cancer: For Rachel Orth and her family, the devastation of a diagnosis of metastatic stomach cancer was compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Childhood rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common type of soft tissue sarcoma in children. July is Sarcoma Awareness Month.
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Study: A healthy lifestyle may help mitigate an individual’s high genetic risk of cancer.
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The summer 2022 issue of Cancer Today magazine, with articles on coping scanxiety, marking cancer milestones, dealing with the pain of grief, and more is now available.
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