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This article summarizes the views of the patients regarding their experiences with current treatments and other issues related to cancer care. Read More ›

This special feature provides information for patients about oral medications for the treatment of multiple myeloma. Read More ›

Over the past 10 years, treatment options for patients with multiple myeloma have increased dramatically. These advances have resulted in improved survival rates for patients and an increased focus on the patient’s quality of life that have fueled the important development and use of oral treatments in recent years, a trend that is expected to continue. Read More ›

Now more than ever, patients with multiple myeloma have unprecedented numbers of treatment options to choose from for their deadly plasma-cell neoplastic diseases. Read More ›

Instead of receiving cancer treatments in a hospital or outpatient setting, many patients are now being treated in the comfort of their own home with oral pills that they administer themselves. Read More ›

Nausea is clearly one of the associations people make when they think of chemotherapy, but chemotherapy is not the only type of cancer treatment that can produce nausea. Read More ›

In her book Before and After Cancer Treatment: Heal Faster, Better, Stronger, Dr. Julie Silver addresses the common questions that people have about eating well. Read More ›

Although patients may have insurance coverage for the drug they need, often the insurance doesn’t cover all the costs, and the patient may need help with expensive health insurance premium and copayment costs, transportation to the site of service, nursing help, and other services. Read More ›

According to the American Cancer Society, lung cancer is the second most common cancer in men and in women, accounting for approximately 13% of all new cancers. Read More ›

You are a healthcare consumer, and you deserve as much information as you need to be able to make the best decisions about your care. Read More ›