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BY Karen Vollmering

What does it mean when your cancer has spread? Many patients given a cancer diagnosis of metastatic cancer or stage IV cancer do not know to ask if they qualify for oligometastatic treatments.

Oligometastatic cancers occur when cells from the original tumor travel within the body to one or a few sites forming new tumors. Oligometastatic disease is most common in kidney, lung, prostate and colorectal cancers.

We spoke with...

Medical illustration of a human skeleton with multiple tumors.

BY Karen Vollmering

In the fall of 2020, Bill Middelthon felt something like a canker sore in his mouth. Normally, canker sores heal on their own in about 2 to...

BY Karen Vollmering

When Ben Gadot’s brain tumor symptoms began in 2013, he was just 3 months old. The first sign was a visual change in his eyes. &...

BY Karen Vollmering

When retired Major League Baseball player and Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez was diagnosed with cancer, he knew exactly what he was going to do: face each day with a positive attitude and return to broadcasting.

While Buck and his wife, Arlene, were in Florida for the winter of 2021, he felt a hard nodule the size of a quarter under his chin. It felt hard but not painful. At first, his doctor in Florida said it was...

Buck Martinez sitting at a table at a restaurant wearing a black coat and white and striped shirt.

BY Karen Vollmering

Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children and adolescents. This type of sarcoma grows in the muscles attached to...

BY Karen Vollmering

Blood cancers like lymphoma and multiple myeloma begin in blood-forming tissue, such as bone marrow or in cells of the...

BY Karen Vollmering

Growing up with a family history of cancer, Jonathan Ting knew the importance of regular checkups. If anything were to happen, he wanted to...

BY Karen Vollmering

The summer after six-year-old Christian completed kindergarten, he started complaining that his ear hurt. His mom, Marisa Garcia, thought...

BY Karen Vollmering

Many cancer patients lose weight unexpectedly during radiation therapy because they struggle with side effects caused from treatment. Maintaining...

BY Karen Vollmering

Many cancer patients will need radiation therapy as part of their treatment. Radiation can be used alone or as part of a treatment plan. When...