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Monday, September 8, 2025

The Cancer News

AN AUTHORITATIVE RESOURCE FOR EVERYTHING ABOUT CANCER

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Explore expert insights on the fundamentals of cancer, including how it develops, key risk factors, prevention strategies, and treatment options. This section also highlights cancer awareness months and related observance days and weeks. Commentaries from our network of oncology professionals shed light on critical issues that require greater attention across the cancer care and research continuum.

Pink breast cancer ribbon held in hands symbolizing Nikki McCoy’s advocacy journey.
Cancer Education

Storytelling as Advocacy: A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Journey

By The Cancer News Team

A breast cancer survivor and advocate, Nikki McCoy shares her powerful journey of resilience, genetic risk, treatment, and storytelling as a tool for patient empowerment.

Breast cancer survivors joining hands with a pink ribbon symbolizing global support and advocacy
Cancer Education

From Patient to Advocate: How One Woman's Breast Cancer Journey Created a Global Community

By The Cancer News Team

Terri Coutee’s journey from breast cancer patient to founder of the DiepC Foundation highlights how advocacy, education, and shared decision-making are transforming breast cancer care worldwide.

Doctor examining a patient’s skin during a melanoma check, with text overlay about PD-1 therapy and Jerry Jones’ cancer recovery
Cancer Education

PD-1 Therapy Explained: The Treatment Behind Jerry Jones’ Cancer Recovery

By The Cancer News Team

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones credits PD-1 immunotherapy with saving his life from advanced melanoma, highlighting how checkpoint inhibitors are transforming cancer treatment.

Ryne Sandberg in a Cubs uniform, remembered for his courage on and off the field.
Cancer Education

What Ryne Sandberg’s Story Reminds Us About Prostate Cancer

By The Cancer News Team

Baseball legend Ryne Sandberg’s battle with metastatic prostate cancer highlights the importance of early detection, awareness, and prevention for this common men’s cancer.

Illustration of lungs with awareness ribbon and pulmonary anatomy for World Lung Cancer Day 2025
Cancer Education

Lung Cancer Prevention Strategies and Latest Therapies: World Lung Cancer Day Awareness 2025

By The Cancer News Team

Explore lung cancer prevention strategies, cutting-edge therapies, and expert insights from leading oncologists as we mark World Lung Cancer Day 2025.

A supportive hand rests on a patient’s arm in a hospital bed, representing compassionate palliative care.
Cancer Education

Is Choosing Palliative Care Giving Up?

By Matthew Meranda, DO

Palliative care isn’t giving up—it’s a compassionate, patient-centered specialty focused on improving quality of life for those facing serious illness.

A colorful pile of candy-coated treats made with synthetic food dyes
Cancer Education

What The FDA’s Crackdown On Synthetic Food Dyes Could Mean For Cancer Prevention

By The Cancer News Team

The FDA’s decision to phase out synthetic food dyes could significantly reduce cancer risk by eliminating petroleum-based additives linked to DNA damage and tumor growth.

Microscopic image of leukemia cells with text: “Best of ASCO Seattle 2025 – Key Hematologic Cancer Updates on Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Leukemia.”
Cancer Education

Best of ASCO Seattle 2025: Key Hematologic Cancer Updates on Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Leukemia

By The Cancer News Team

Binaytara’s Best of ASCO Seattle 2025 highlighted the latest updates in hematologic malignancies, including new therapies for leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes.