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At the 2014 Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology in Chicago, Jyoti D. Patel, MD, associate professor in Medicine-Hematology/Oncology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, led a breakout session on how to manage the toxicities associated with the molecular therapies used to treat patients with lung cancers.

Caring for the emotional and physical needs of your loved one with cancer can be fulfilling. Is it possible to care too much?? While you are ensuring that the needs of your loved one are being met, you may overlook your own well-being.

Institute of Medicine report notes that major reform is needed.

Despite a recent decline in utilization, consolidated radiation therapy (RT) has been shown to improve 10-year survival rates for patients with stage I/II Hodgkin's lymphoma following treatment with chemotherapy.

Elizabeth Archer-Nanda, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, psychiatric nurse specialist at the Norton Cancer Institute, would like you to pick up the phone and call your cancer patient's oncologist to set aside just one hour to round with him or her and brainstorm how to help your patient have the best possible quality of life.

The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) announced that the partnership with the Movember Foundation has resulted in 7 new Challenge Awards for 2014. In May, it was announced that PCF received over $8.4 million from the Movember Foundation, the leading global organization committed to changing the face of men's health.

The Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) is a charitable organization made up of patients, family members, physicians, researchers, and other health professionals globally. It is the world's first international charity dedicated specifically to the eradication of death and suffering from renal cancers.

ASCO publishes 32-page information guide.

A list of events for the month of November

October 13 was National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Managing Editor Claire Nixon talks with oncology counselor Sage Bolte, Ph.D., about how to deal with October's pink onslaught if you're living with metastasis and Breastcancer.org Medical Adviser Brian Wojciechowski, M.D., on where we are today with metastatic treatment options.

Oncology care team is essential to helping patients make lifestyle changes.

The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network has announced its fall series of webinars, featuring bladder cancer experts on a variety of topics. The webinars are relevant to people with bladder cancer, caregivers, family, and friends:

New research has identified a genetic variant that helps reduce the risk of breast cancer in some Latina patients by 40% to 80%.

As members of Tom Brokaw's "greatest generation," Andy's grandfathers took up smoking at an early age, but subsequently they heeded the Surgeon General's warning and quit. Cessation didn't spare either man a later diagnosis-in one case 25 years later-of terminal lung cancer.

A new study has shown that although patients with ovarian cancer were more likely to enter hospice care, the cost of hospital-based services actually increased, dispelling the hope that the cost of hospital services would decline if more patients opted for hospice care.

The Colon Cancer Alliance will be awarding 20 individuals with $300 each to help offset the cost of receiving a colonoscopy.

The newsmagazine, 60 Minutes recently aired a story about the astronomical costs of cancer drugs and the short- and long-term financial implications for the patients who have no choice but to take them.

A single dose of the combination drug prevents acute and delayed nausea.

A new tool to help oncology practitioners working across all settings to develop their own survivorship care plans (SCPs) was unveiled today, and the experts who have worked hard to develop it hope that it will make the process less time-consuming and more straightforward for the nation's 14.5 million survivors and the healthcare providers who treat them.

Patients with certain lung and colorectal cancers whose physicians participated in weekly, treatment-focused tumor board meetings had improved survival and were 60% more likely to enroll in a clinical trial

Patients who are uninsured, nonwhite, less educated, poorer, not married, older, male, or have advanced-stage cancer have a higher mortality risk within 1 month of cancer surgery

A new study has found that parents with dependent children are more likely to pursue life-extending treatments in order to have more time with their children.

Even though breast cancer predominantly affects white women, breast cancer outcomes are worse among black women. But a new study suggests that enrollment in a federal program may help reduce racial disparities among these patients.

Katherine Morris, MD, had only been practicing for 3 years when Cody Curtis asked her to prescribe lethal medication so that she could die on her own terms.

The FDA has approved NEPA (Akynzeo) to treat nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing chemotherapy as part of their cancer treatment.

Dellann Elliott Mydland, founder and president of the Pacific Northwest–based Chris Elliott Fund travels widely, including to the nation's capital, to advocate on behalf of brain tumor patients across the United States.

Only 10% of breast cancer is hereditary. Which means 90% is not. Now, you can't change your genes, but healthier lifestyle choices can make a difference.

A new study has found that nearly one third of cancer patients suffer from anxiety or other mental health challenges, with breast cancer patients, head and neck cancer patients and melanoma patients suffering the most.