Many With Breast Cancer Don’t Need Chemo, Major Study Finds

MARILYNN MARCHIONE / The Associated Press Jun 3, 2018 The study says up to 70,000 women a year who have the most common form of early-stage breast cancer can skip the harsh drug therapy without hurting their chances of beating the disease. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How One Woman’s Bogus Tale of Her Battle With Nonexistent Brain Cancer Fooled the Media

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Apr 23, 2015 This is the story of how one enterprising 23-year-old from Australia with the headline-friendly name of Belle Gibson made a bald and pathological play for health-conscious consumers' lunch money by peddling a false cancer fable -- and a handy app to go with it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

This Researcher Devised His Own Low-Cost Cancer Treatment and Won

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2014 Michael Retsky wasn't your typical cancer patient. His own research showed the problems with existing treatments, so he helped model a new one. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Late Chemo: Expensive and Unnecessarily Painful

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 7, 2014 Chemotherapy administered in the last months of life -- which offers a boon to profit-seeking drug companies (one month's supply can cost $10,000 or more) -- significantly increased the odds that a cancer patient would require intensive treatment in the last week of life, late referral to hospice care, and death away from their preferred place, an investigation has shown. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A One-Shot Treatment for Breast Cancer

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2010 British researchers have demonstrated that a single, targeted dose of radiation in treating breast cancer can be just as effective as the prolonged course of radiotherapy that is commonly used to treat the disease. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Prostate Cancer Vaccine Wins OK

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2010 A new vaccine called Provenge has just been accepted by the FDA, making it the first to be approved by the agency for men fighting advanced prostate cancer. While Provenge is not a cure, it has shown promise in extending the lives of patients. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )