Features Related to Cancer

1. Colorectal Cancer: New Treatments, Improved Prognosis
   

   While colorectal cancer remains one of the most deadly cancers in the U.S., researchers are making steady progress against this disease. New drugs allow people with even the most advanced metastatic disease to live longer. Admittedly, there's no cure, and the improvements -- which can add several mo

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2. The Skin Cancer Risk from Tanning Beds
   

   I didn’t grow up tanning. I have fair skin and red hair, and I didn’t like lying out in the sun or even going to the beach. And when I was exposed to the sun, I didn’t get tan. I just got a little pink and freckled. In fact, I got my first tan when I went to Florida in 2001. I was 17 years old, and

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3. The Faces of Brain Cancer
   

   When doctors announced that Sen. Edward Kennedy had a kind of brain cancer called malignant glioma, many people hearing the news had probably never heard of the cancer. For some, however, the diagnosis was painfully familiar. WebMD talked to three survivors of brain cancer similar to that affecting

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4. Cancer Support: Tips for Family and Friends
   

   Medical expertise is a key part of your cancer treatment. But it won’t be enough. To get through this, you’ll also need to build a cancer support team at home with your family and friends. Having good cancer support at home is crucial. “A cancer diagnosis adds an enormous amount of stress to a perso

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5. Cancer: When Do You Need a Second Opinion, and Why?
   

   After you’ve been diagnosed with cancer and your doctor has outlined your treatment, you may still have a nagging doubt: what if my doctor is wrong? No matter how much you like or trust your oncologist, it’s natural to wonder if something was missed or if a new treatment is available. If you have an

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6. Choosing Your Cancer Treatment Hospital
   

   It may be one of the first things that came to mind when you were diagnosed with cancer: Is this hospital really the best choice for my cancer treatment? But how can you find the answer? You may feel helpless. How would you -- who may not know the first thing about treating this disease -- be able t

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7. Holistic Cancer Support and Care
   

   When you think of cancer support and treatment, you probably think of chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. But there’s a lot more to fighting cancer than destroying cancer cells. During cancer treatment, you need to eat well and keep a healthy weight. You need to know where to turn with questions a

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8. Your Cancer Support Team: Who’s on Your Side?
   

   If you’ve just been diagnosed with cancer, you’re probably still reeling. You may be grappling with issues that are profound -- like life and death -- and mundane -- like who will do the laundry when you’re in the hospital? But you won’t fight this alone. Of course, you’ll have your family and frien

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9. Actor Evan Handler on Life After Cancer
   

   There have been times when it felt like I went back to being the same person. I didn't turn to God and become born again. I didn't retreat from big city life or remain vegetarian or macrobiotic. Other times I think I have been completely shaped by those experiences. I think my life has become about

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10. Fashion Designer Marc Jacobs Launches Melanoma T-Shirt Campaign
    

    Victoria Beckham did it. So did Heidi Klum, Julianne Moore, Eva Mendes, and Rufus Wainwright. To help raise money for skin cancer, these A-listers let themselves be photographed, naked, for fashion designer Marc Jacobs’ “Protect the Skin You’re In” melanoma naked T-shirt campaign. The celeb photos a

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