Cancer Features

You can get cancer twice - even at the same time. Here’s what to know about diagnosis, treatment, and your risk.

Scientists hope “chronochemotherapy” could make cancer drugs less toxic and more effective but say we’re not there yet.

With fewer oncologists in rural areas than in cities, there are challenges in getting cancer care. Find out what may help bridge that gap.

Cancer caregiving is never easy, and when you’re doing it long distance, there are extra challenges. Here’s what you can do to provide support.

There's a lot of confusion about the purpose of genomic tests. Find out how to separate fact from fiction.

CAR T-cell therapy may work when other treatments haven't. But it's not right for everyone. Could you be a candidate?

How do specific foods or diets affect our risk of cancer? The evidence behind some of the most popular cancer-related diet claims.

For patients diagnosed with a cancer that starts in a solid organ like a lung, colon, breast, or prostate, oncologists want to identify the best treatment for each patient.

What you eat to your outlook on life mostly determine if you get cancer. WebMD’s chief medical officer, John Whyte, MD, shares what you can do to prevent it.

Find out how support groups, counseling, and other steps can help you manage the swirl of emotions that you may experience when you learn that you have a relapse of follicular lymphoma.

For some people, cancer treatment stops working. When the risks and side effects outweigh the possible benefits, people may choose to stop cancer treatment.

Some cancers survivors find they have lingering side effects long after treatment is over.

When is it smart to consult a different doctor as part of your treatment process?

True bone cancer is uncommon, but cancer can also spread to bones from other parts of the body. Learn the difference and how bone cancer is diagnosed and treated.

The Rush brothers, ages 5 years, 4 years, and 7 months, share something that most brothers don’t: bilateral retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer. See how their mother, who was also born with the disease, handles treatments, daily life, and facing the unknown.

CAR T-cell therapy may work when other treatments haven’t.

If you've just learned you have cancer, you probably want to tell those closest to you. But what about your employer?

Does sugar cause cancer or make it grow faster? Some experts believe so, while others believe the real culprit is something that can happen if you have too much sugar.

WebMD’s 2018 Health Heroes have left their mark on the fight against cancer in ways large and small.

Four small friends who met in the hospital while getting treated for cancer are back together for a group photo.

There are many steps you can take to get control of the wide range of feelings that may rise up inside when you get a diagnosis of B-cell lymphoma. Learn how support from family and friends, exercise, and connecting with others who have your disease can help you manage your emotions.

In this new field, doctors use your genetic information to shape your medical treatment.

Immunotherapy and precision medicine are changing lives for people with cancer. Learn about CAR T and other treatments for leukemia, melanoma, and more.

You’ve heard of dogs sniffing out hidden drugs, explosives, or missing people. Can some of our four-legged friends spot cancer by its scent, too?

One day not too long from now, doctors will treat your ailment with medicines and therapies designed just for you. What does the future hold for this type of precision or personalized medicine?

Diverse clinical trials help will help researchers create treatments that benefit all Americans.

Clinical trials help researchers test new and better cancer treatments.

Clinical trials help doctors create new and better cancer treatments.

How to make treatment choices when you have advanced or incurable cancer. Lean about quality of life concerns, hospice, and other options for terminal illness.

How do you know if it’s time to talk to another doctor about your cancer diagnosis? Find out more about the benefits of getting a second opinion.

When I tried to read something, by the time I got to the last sentence in a paragraph, I could not remember what I had read in the first sentence.

Chemo can make eating right a challenge, but here are some tips to get you the nutrition you need, fill you up, and help with side effects.

Crises have a way of bringing out the best and worst in people, and cancer is no different.

If you’re suffering during chemo, you need to tell your doctors. Now is not the time to be stoic. Now is the time to complain when you’re hurting.

Award-winning actor and cancer survivor Kathy Bates shares her new outlook on life.

Your diagnosis doesn't define you, and how you talk about your cancer is totally up to you.

Chemo is different for everyone, but that doesn’t mean it won’t help to prepare. Here's what helped me.

A blogger looks back on some of the things she wishes she had known as she started chemotherapy and shares lessons she learned.

Before I became a cancer patient, everything I knew of cancer I had learned in the movies. So when fear hit, it came in the form of a movie montage.

Learn strategies for getting your life back on track after you finish cancer treatment.

Learn how to manage your changing moods and emotions after you finish chemotherapy.

Find out how to handle the emotional ups and downs you may have during chemotherapy.

Biosensors track measurements in your body that can reveal a lot about your health for you and your doctor. Learn more about this cutting-edge field.

Find out about the latest methods to test and treat leukemia, brain cancer, and bone cancer in children.

Precision medicine isn’t the norm, but it holds promise for diseases like epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, and cancer. Learn how it could change treatment and clinical trials.

Treatment with precision medicine requires you to share a lot of personal information. How do doctors and researchers plan to keep it safe?

Precision medicine centers on two sets of facts about you: What your genes say and how your environment affects you.

As more doctors use precision medicine, it could change your doctor visits. Find out how.

The Walking Dead star and cancer activist shares healthy habits, favorite cheat foods, and more.