Cancer care today is collaborative. Doctors present options, explain benefits and risks and work with patients to choose a plan that aligns with their goals and values. Seeking a second opinion is ...

Chemotherapy has long been a cornerstone of cancer treatment, saving millions of lives. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Drugmakers have poured billions of dollars into ...

Chemotherapy is one of the most common weapons in the cancer-treatment arsenal, but its side effects are well known. Hair ...

A one‑year course of T‑DM1 offers excellent cancer‑free survival for early HER2‑positive breast cancer, with far less nerve ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted traditional approval to Braftovi (encorafenib) for adult patients ...

Taking a pill is the easiest, least invasive way to take medicine, but unfortunately, not all drugs work that way. Now, Stanford scientists have found “an embarrassingly simple solution” that could ...

Enhertu isn’t a typical chemotherapy or immunotherapy drug but rather a combination of chemotherapy and targeted therapy, known as an antibody-drug conjugate. Enhertu works by using an antibody to ...

Since the 1950s a chemotherapy drug known as 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) has been used to treat many types of cancer, including blood cancers and cancers of the digestive tract. Doctors have long believed ...

Using a laser probe, neurosurgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have opened the brain's protective cover, enabling them to deliver chemotherapy drugs to patients with a ...

Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy may soon have a new option to try to keep their hair — a shampoo-like gel that could protect hair from falling out during chemo. Baldness from ...

In tonight's Avera Medical Minute, when one Avera patient noticed changes in his bowel habits, it would have been easy to ...