Radiation therapy is often thought of as a treatment for localized cancer that hasn’t spread. But when paired with other therapies, it can be an effective option for patients with metastatic disease.
“It has long been recognized that there are opportunities to use drugs to make radiation therapy even more effective,” says Benjamin Schrank, M.D., Ph.D., a resident physician in Radiation Oncology and a member of the Wen Jiang Laboratory...
It’s been almost a year since Att Callahan was diagnosed with stage IIB lung cancer. The diagnosis came after she began coughing up blood...
Smoking is on the decline. But if you are one of the 28 million Americans still smoking, you probably know how hard it is to quit.
Cancer cells often develop genetic mutations that initiate and sustain the growth of tumors. The most frequently mutated of these oncogenic driver genes, called KRAS, is associated with some of the most fatal cancer types: lung, pancreatic and colorectal cancers.
The replacement of the amino acid glycine at position 12 leads to mutations that have been dubbed G12C, G12D, G12R, G12V and others, depending on which amino acid replaces...
Smoking causes an addiction that can be tough to shake. This is due to nicotine, the addictive ingredient in tobacco.
Thankfully, there...
As a retired firefighter and combat veteran, I’ve been in some pretty tough situations. But the hardest thing I’ve ever done was sit my four...
The saying goes ‘Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.’
Vaping seems to be an exception to that rule, as vapes, or e-cigarettes, use electricity...
Ablation therapy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that kills cancer cells with either very hot or very cold temperatures. <...
Getting a full-body scan to check yourself out for possible cancers might sound like a great idea. But what are the risks and benefits? And...
It may seem strange to feel lucky while going through cancer treatment, but that’s exactly how I feel. My lung cancer experience...