Tag Archives: Cancers

Proposed guidelines likely to identify more early lung cancers

Lung cancer is the second most prevalent cancer in the US, and the deadliest cancer killer. In 2020, an estimated 135,720 people will die from the disease — more than breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined. I’ll never forget meeting new, advanced-stage lung cancer patients who ask if their diagnosis could have somehow been made… Read More »

The Affordable Care Act Erases Racial Disparities in Care for Advanced Cancers

Studies presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) have revealed a powerful agent that can lead to earlier detection of ovarian cancer, faster treatment for eight kinds of advanced or metastatic cancer and improved outcomes for people with multiple myeloma. It’s not chemotherapy, surgery, radiation or a scientific… Read More »