Cancer Today

Cancer Today, a publication released every three months by the American Association for Cancer Research, serves as a trusted source for cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones. Each issue provides valuable information and encouragement to help navigate the difficulties of diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and caregiving.

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April 18: The Week in Cancer News

6 days ago | cancertodaymag.org | Marci Landsmann

Every week, the editors of Cancer Today magazine bring you the top news for cancer patients from around the internet. Stay up to date with the latest in cancer research and care by subscribing to our e-newsletter. Most adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with advanced cancer do not have discussions with health care providers about their goals for cancer treatment until the final month of life, according to a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded study published last year in JAMA Network Open.
The Power of Comedy

1 week ago | cancertodaymag.org | Ashley Taylor

AT THE START of Quacks & Whacks: A Cancer Comedy, four singing puppets introduce themselves as cancer cells. They start in the lungs, hide from a biopsy needle, tell stories around a campfire, and then travel to the brain, their next campsite. These campy cancer cells, the audience learns, are inside the character of Sharon, a public school teacher who is diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer years after a lung biopsy comes up negative.
April 11: The Week in Cancer News

1 week ago | cancertodaymag.org | Kevin McLaughlin

Every week, the editors of Cancer Today magazine bring you the top news for cancer patients from around the internet. Stay up to date with the latest in cancer research and care by subscribing to our e-newsletter. Testing for an experimental cell-based immune therapy that shows promise in treating gastrointestinal cancer has been delayed by layoffs among highly trained staff at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Steven A.
Melanoma Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors

2 weeks ago | cancertodaymag.org | Cameron Walker

CHILDHOOD CANCERS are relatively rare—affecting 1% or less of children and adolescents under 20—and are often highly treatable, with 85% of children treated for cancer in the U.S. living five years or more after diagnosis. But those treated for childhood cancers often live with long-term side effects and health risks as adults. According to a recent study, these include a risk of developing melanoma that is more than double the risk in the general population. The study, published Jan.
April 4: The Week in Cancer News

2 weeks ago | cancertodaymag.org | Eric Fitzsimmons

Every week, the editors of Cancer Today magazine bring you the top news for cancer patients from around the internet. Stay up to date with the latest in cancer research and care by subscribing to our e-newsletter. Surgery may not be necessary for all early-stage breast cancer patients, according to the results of a phase II study published in JAMA Oncology.
Online Second Opinions

3 weeks ago | cancertodaymag.org | Eric Fitzsimmons

JUST 29% OF PEOPLE WITH CANCER seek a second opinion for their treatment. But a study examining data from a program through Stanford Health Care in Palo Alto, California, suggests more people with cancer should consider it. The study, published Feb. 11 in JCO Oncology Practice, tracked 657 patients who used an online portal to receive a second opinion from Stanford Health physicians. The doctors made a recommendation for at least a minor change more than half the time.
March 28: The Week in Cancer News

3 weeks ago | cancertodaymag.org | Thomas Celona

Every week, the editors of Cancer Today magazine bring you the top news for cancer patients from around the internet. Stay up to date with the latest in cancer research and care by subscribing to our e-newsletter. A surgical approach could spare people with localized prostate cancer from experiencing sexual side effects, according to study results presented at the 2025 European Association of Urology Congress in Madrid and simultaneously published in the Lancet Oncology.
Musical Toxicity an Effect of Cancer Treatment

1 month ago | cancertodaymag.org | Kyle Bagenstose

BEFORE PURSUING A CAREER in medicine, Jessica Burlile was a multi-instrumentalist who received a degree in music. Now chief radiation oncology resident at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Burlile’s background has left her particularly attuned to the pain and challenges faced by musicians undergoing cancer treatments. “I have encountered other musicians who told me that they had to stop playing and teaching during their cancer treatments,” Burlile says.
March 21: The Week in Cancer News

1 month ago | cancertodaymag.org | Marci Landsmann

Every week, the editors of Cancer Today magazine bring you the top news for cancer patients from around the internet. Stay up to date with the latest in cancer research and care by subscribing to our e-newsletter. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, characterized by numbness, pain and tingling in the hands and feet, can linger long after chemotherapy treatment is completed.
Treatment Lags Behind Guidelines for Many Men With Prostate Cancer

1 month ago | cancertodaymag.org | Laura Gesualdi-Gilmore

A STUDY PUBLISHED in December 2024 in JAMA Network Open found that a majority of men diagnosed with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer did not receive treatment intensification, the addition of supplemental drugs to traditional hormone therapy, despite guidelines that say intensification leads to better outcomes. The study found that 69.7% of patients did not receive first-line treatment intensification between 2018 and 2022.