Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, entered the exam room to find a new patient, a woman in her fifties dangling her feet from the exam bench. The patient had recently been diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in ...

"It's boiling hot. Why are you still wearing a wig?" Such remarks may sound commonplace and are often not intended to cause harm. But for people living with cancer, they can affect mental well-being ...

Bowman, appearing last week as a panelist on MSNBC, said, "The reason why heart disease and cancer and obesity and diabetes are bigger in the black community is because of the stress we carry from ...

After an oral cancer diagnosis, Sonya Sotinsky had her tongue and larynx removed. She later found a way to deploy an AI-generated voice to express herself, complete with an authentic New Jersey accent ...

In this series, Globe columnist and “Say More” podcast host Shirley Leung details her own battle against breast cancer as she leads listeners on a journey to explore other personal stories about the ...

Andrin “AJ” Jones got some scary news when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, but his experience has pushed him to try to make a difference in other men’s lives now that he’s a survivor. Jones, a ...

When a child receives a diagnosis of cancer, parents can feel overwhelmed. A new program helps connect them with volunteers who have cared for children who survived cancer.

Remember former Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) who got censured for pulling the fire alarm in the Capitol Building as lawmakers prepared to vote to prevent a government shutdown? He pleaded guilty to a ...