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Nobel Prize Winner: What's Next For Immunotherapy?

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Treatment

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A Major Milestone For Gene Editing To Treat Cancer- New Study Finds CRISPR Can Successfully Kill Cancer Cells Without an Adverse Affect on Patients

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Prevention

Lung Screening With Low Dose CT Should Happen For All

The Rush Limbaugh Affect? Will Screenings Go Up As They Did After Peter Jennings, Katie Couric, and Alex Trebek Went Public

"Get Your Pap Tests, Ladies!" -- Actor Marcia Cross Advocates for Screening in Honor of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

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7 Tips for Cancer Survivors to Have the Energy You Need

New Harvard Research Finds A Chemical In Cannabis Can Help Fight Pancreatic Cancer

"I Want Little Girls With Cancer To Feel Pretty" -- The 7-Year-Old Girl Who Started Her Own Boutique Clothing Store And Used It To Donate To Kids With Cancer

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Staying Active During Cancer Treatment -- New Research Shows that 30 Minutes of Light Exercise Can Make Chemo Much More Tolerable for Patients with Advanced Colorectal Cancer

Eating Chicken May Actually Decrease The Risk of Breast Cancer, According to New Research

New Study Says Clinical Trials Don't Have Enough Diversity, But Are Still Used To Determine Government Approvals For Cancer Drugs

Can The Stuff In My Gut Cause Cancer? Here's What We Know About The Microbiome and Cancer Risk

Many More Patients Will Now Be Able to Afford This Life-Saving Drug - Medicare To Start Covering CAR-T Therapy

Radiation in the Cockpit: The Brave American Fighter Pilots Demanding Earlier Cancer Screenings

“Our Medical System is Stuck in the Dark Ages”: After Losing His Wife to a Rare Cancer, Vivek Wadhwa, One of The Most Influential Minds in Technology, Argues There's a Better Way to Save Lives

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“The Cancer Problem That No One’s Talking About”: The High Cost of Traveling to a Clinical Trial

Cancer in the News -- Keep Up With The Progress

Extraordinary Survivor Stories

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Living

SurvivorNet Interviews Tom Brokaw: "I Just Want to Stay Vertical" -- Politics Keep His Mind Off Cancer, And Medical Marijuana Helps Too

She Beat An Extremely Rare Skin Cancer -- Thanks To Her Teenage Daughter -- And Now She's Paying It Forward With Cancer Awareness Campaign

Living

The Courage to Be You: Meet Survivor Ericka Hart

"Instead of a Sick Person, He Saw Bravery"

Living

"I Have to Live With This, And I Can Do It": Dealing With Cancer at 18 Years Old

Survivor Joel Naftelberg Dances on His Problems

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A Journey in Focus: Ovarian Cancer

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Decisions Around Ovarian Cancer - Diagnosis & Treatment

Living

Living with Ovarian Cancer-- How Scientific Progress Has Made Life With the Disease More Manageable

Dr. Beth Karlan
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Living

Facing An Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis Mid-Career -- Ex-NYPD Sergeant Shares Her Story

Maintenance

PARP inhibitors for ovarian cancer

Dr. Jose Alejandro Rauh-Hain
MD Anderson Cancer Center

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The SurvivorNet Community: "We've Been Through It"

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Living

The Wall Street Trader Who Became a Tattoo Artist to Help Women Become Whole Again

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Living

Finding the Light After a Cancer Diagnosis

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Living

Dancing Her Way to Recovery - How Zumba Helped Survivor Vera Trifunovich Cope

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Living

It's Not My Boobs, It's Not My Hair -- It's Just Me That Makes Me Beautiful

The SurvivorNet Community: "We've Been Through It"

The Immunotherapy Revolution

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What's Next for Cancer Now That There's a Nobel Prize for Immunotherapy?

Later Stage

Immunotherapy Helps Your Body Help Itself

Dr. Cecilia Larocca
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Later Stage

Immunotherapy Has Changed The Game For Lung Cancer

Dr. Brendon Stiles
Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian
Treatment

The Promise of Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment

Dr. Steven Rosenberg
National Cancer Institute

Dr. Ronald Natale

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Dr. Scott Strome

University of Maryland

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SurvivorNet Guide: Genetics

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Prevention

Should I Get Genetic Testing to Assess My Risk for Cancer?

Dr. Ophira Ginsburg
NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center
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Buyer Beware: Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing

Dr. Ophira Ginsburg
NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center
Prevention

Where Can I Get Genetic Testing?

Dr. Elizabeth Comen
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Treatment

Genetics Help Researchers Get Closer To A Cure

Dr. Eli Van Allen
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Later Stage

The Importance Of Genetics In Late Stage Lung Cancers

Dr. Geoffrey Oxnard
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Prevention

Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer

Dr. Elizabeth Comen
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

SurvivorNet Guide: Genetics

Things They Don't Always Tell You

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Prevention

Does Smoking Marijuana Cause Lung Cancer?

Dr. Raja Flores
Mount Sinai Health System
Prevention

Common Misconceptions About Colon Cancer

Dr. Heather Yeo
Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian
Living

Prostate Cancer Surgery Reduces Penis Size

Dr. Stephen Freedland
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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You Should Understand The Marketing Around Cancer

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Dr. Raja Flores

Mount Sinai Health System
Treatment

Do Your Own Research on Prostate Cancer Treatment

Dr. Patrick Swift
Stanford Medicine
Treatment

Proton Therapy: When Is Expensive Cancer Treatment Really Worth It?

Dr. Keith Cengel
University of Pennsylvania
Treatment

CyberKnife as Effective as Traditional Treatments

Dr. James Brooks
Stanford Medicine

Dr. Heather Yeo

Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian

You Should Understand The Marketing Around Cancer

Later Stage

An Immunotherapy Breakthrough: The Judy Perkins Story

Judy Perkins

Judy Perkins is a name that will be in the medical text books. She is the first person to be declared free of metastatic breast cancer after a course of immunotherapy. That's a big deal. She is what's known in the world of clinical trials as an "exceptional responder." SurvivorNet went to meet Judy about a year ago at her home in Florida and we shot this short documentary. In 2003, Judy was diagno... Read More

SurvivorNet Guide: Sex & Fertility

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Living

A Healthy Sex Life Is Possible Following Prostate Surgery

Dr. James Brooks
Stanford Medicine
Treatment

Ask Your Doctor About Nerve-Sparing Surgery

Dr. Jim Hu
Weill Cornell Medicine

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CCRM NY
Living

Can I Have A Baby After Breast Cancer?

Dr. Elizabeth Comen
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

SurvivorNet Guide: Sex & Fertility

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