Participation in clinical trials is one way a mother fights back against cancer. She also volunteers with cancer patients and is working to boost research funds to study her own disease.

Tissue and blood samples taken from patients can hold the keys to biomedical discovery. But the research community must consider patient privacy, a new perspective says.

A breakthrough treatment supported by a multitude of federal agencies helped one woman beat cancer, leading her to speak out about the importance of continuing such work.

The story of one man with stomach cancer — and thousands more patients like him — demonstrates the lifesaving power of research and discovery.

Learn how oncology practices can help improve the safety and quality of care for cancer patients administering oral chemotherapy at home.

A family history of cancer had been a longtime fact of life for one Michigan Medicine nurse. After digging deeper — and being diagnosed herself — she learned why.

A Michigan Medicine expert explains implications of increasing colon cancer diagnosis among young people and how this impacts the age at which you should begin getting screened for colon cancer.

Learn more about how people with a genetic predisposition to cancer can benefit from support groups as much as cancer patients, but options for the former group are limited.

Learn more about the findings from a study analyzing records from 16,195 patients treated between 2004 and 2012 for locally advanced cervical cancer.

After losing a spouse, it’s normal to feel alienated and alone. A social worker, writer and cancer widow offers her tips for healing.

President Obama's Cancer Moonshot program helps fund cancer prevention, diagnosis & treatment. See what doctors believe it will take to finally cure cancer.

Tori has been living with a stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis for three years. See her advice for coping with a cancer diagnosis and tips for navigating cancer care.

Collecting a family history of cancer is the first step in identifying hereditary cancers. Learn more about inherited abnormal genes & genetic cancer testing.

Understanding pathology results can be confusing for cancer patients. See what information is in a pathology report and how these findings inform your treatment plan.

Delivering & receiving cancer diagnosis can be hard. Learn more about sharing bad news with three cancer diagnosis stories from patients, families, and doctors.