For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way
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At a scary time for patients, too few doctors ask about feelings, a new study finds.
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Many cancer survivors say they are committed to helping  others with the disease or to solve a particular problem that they encountered in their own treatment.
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Ten years have passed since Maria Gomez was diagnosed with breast cancer, but the White Plains mother of two still remembers how confused and frightened she felt when talking to her doctor about her options for treatment.
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A 16-year-old leukaemia patient foregoes further treatment so she can enjoy what is left of her life.
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Close relatives of cancer patients are often at substantially higher risk than the population at large of developing cancer themselves, a study of 32,000 cancer patients over nearly 50 years has revealed.
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Women with a high risk of breast cancer can find much help and solace in support groups, according to a new study to be published in the Nov. 15 issue of CANCER, a journal
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Parents who lost a son to cancer have built a website using their own funds to help other patients make sense of complicated treatment information. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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The treatment that more cancer patients receive may one day depend on their genes. With an increasing number of biological clues available, doctors hope they will be able to customize more patients' treatments based on their genetic profiles.
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A third of cancer patients are using complementary and alternative therapies, research suggests.
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It&#39;s a lesson children learn even before their ABCs â-ay you&#39;re sorry when you hurt someone. But it&#39;s now being taught in the grown-up world of medicine as a surprisingly powerful
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A new study challenges the notion that terminally ill patients can somehow hold on until after a holiday such as Christmas, their birthday or another major event in their lives.
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The treatment that more cancer patients receive may one day depend on their genes
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Among health-care workers and relatives of the terminally ill, tales of patients who somehow &quot;held on&quot; past the holidays or birthdays are common.
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It&#39;s a lesson children learn even before their ABCs -- say you&#39;re sorry when you hurt someone. But it&#39;s now being taught in the grown-up world of medicine as a surprisingly powerful
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Women with breast cancer who take part in group therapy sessions with other patients live no longer than those who do not, but experience a better quality of life and less pain, researchers said Monday.
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MONDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Half of all  people with advanced or terminal cancer suffer from depression, anxiety or adjustment disorders and could use their oncologist&#39;s help getting treatment, according to a new study.
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Friends suggest that her increasing presence in her husbandâs campaign reflects a clarity that comes from her cancer diagnoses.