Christina Izzo

June 23, 2015

Patient portals are giving patients new ways to access their healthcare information and communicate with members of their healthcare team.

May 06, 2015

Jacquelyn Lauria said she never thought she'd become an oncology nurse, but looking back, it's easy to see the writing on the wall.

April 21, 2015

Breast density, which is associated with breast cancer risk, is higher in black/African-American women than in white women, according to research presented at the AACR Annual Meeting.

April 20, 2015

New research reported at the AACR Annual Meeting has found that decreasing the number of hours spent eating each day and increasing the number of hours spent fasting overnight may reduce a woman's risk of developing breast cancer.

April 17, 2015

A new study has shown that vaccinating adolescent boys may be cost-effective for preventing oropharyngeal cancer, a disease that's projected to become the most common HPV-related cancer by 2020.

April 16, 2015

A new study has found that obesity is associated with an increased risk for prostate cancer in African American men, a risk that grows by nearly four times as an individual's body-mass index (BMI) increases.

April 15, 2015

A new telephone-based intervention for breast cancer survivors is showing promise, and it involves them becoming more actively engaged in goal setting and problem solving with an eye toward accelerating their recovery by engaging in health-promoting activities such as exercise, stress management, and healthy eating.

April 14, 2015

A new study has found that patients with lower vitamin D levels prior to treatment for follicular lymphoma are more likely to die or relapse from the disease earlier than patients with adequate vitamin D levels in their blood.

April 09, 2015

Many women who are diagnosed with breast cancer are concerned about the genetic risk of developing other cancers themselves or of a loved one developing cancer. However, a large amount of those concerns are not being addressed, according to a new study.

April 07, 2015

The link between diabetes and late-stage breast cancer is strong, according to a new study.