Mastectomy or lumpectomy? Breast reconstruction or not? What type of chemo? There are lots of questions when faced with a breast cancer diagnosis, and some advocates fear women aren’t being given all the options.

20 Marines, or sons of Marines were based at or lived at Camp Lejeune between the 1960s and the 1980s. They all have had breast cancer and they blame their time at Camp Lejeune, where records show drinking water was contaminated with high levels of toxic chemicals for three decades.

According to new research, cancer patients whose tumors are targeted with heat treatment as well as chemotherapy are more likely to stay alive and cancer-free for longer than those who receive only chemotherapy

For women diagnosed with breast cancer—chemotherapy can be one of the biggest challenges. But a new test is helping more women avoid chemo, and it’s helping others gain confidence to take on the difficult treatment.

Sibley Hospital, in Washington D.C., is a testing site for a breast cancer vaccine that researchers hope can prevent tumors from coming back in patients. The vaccine is given once a month, for six months with minimal side effects and could be especially beneficial for younger women.

Getting chemo in an old storage space isn’t the most ideal situation, but it’s the only choice, and a welcome one, for some Nevada patients whose treatment center closed.

Researchers are examining whether laser beams stimulate blood flow to the scalp of chemotherapy patients. Developers say the extra blood flow increases cell metabolism and enables damaged blood vessels and cells in the hair follicles to regenerate. The healthier hair follicle should then be able to support new hair growth.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore plans to investigate whether an Annapolis woman’s cure from cancer was a miracle, a possible step toward sainthood for a 19th-century priest.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore plans to investigate whether an Annapolis woman’s cure from cancer was a miracle, a possible step toward sainthood for a 19th-century priest.

Each year, thousands of people with different forms of cancer turn to the National Bone Marrow Registry for transplants. Seven million people are listed on the registry, but a very small percentage of them are from minority groups.

Often called one of the best college basketball players of all time, Wayman Tisdale played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 12 years.  In February 2007, Tisdale learned of a cancerous cyst below his knee after falling down steps and breaking his right leg. After 2 years of cancer treatment, he died May 15, 2009

This year, 219,449 new cases will be diagnosed in the U.S.

70 percent of lung cancer patients aren’t diagnosed until the disease has spread.

Only 15 percent of patients are still alive five years after diagnosis.

Researchers are testing a vaccine, called Lucanix™, to see if it can prevent or delay recurrence of lung cancer in patients with advanced disease.

Researchers have found a new way to isolate specific subsets of breast cancer in a biopsy, a test that just might save a woman unneeded treatments to cure that cancer. The new test could eliminate the need for chemo or radiation therapy, or any aggressive treatment at all in some patients.