Virtually every cancer patient worries about the same thing: what stage is my cancer? In other words, how far has the disease progressed and what can be done? Once the...

Cancer is one of the most feared diseases in the world. Treating cancer is difficult and more challenging because it’s not a single disease, but rather a group of diseases....

Many may be familiar with the term cancer remission. But what does it really mean? Simply put, being in remission is when cancer cells can no longer be detected in...

Responding to the situation In our reactivity, we attempt to turn away from the situation by such behaviours as fighting the reality of the diagnosis, denying or disengaging from the...

As discussed in Part 1, immune surveillance is important in preventing cancer. It was noted more than 100 years ago, that cancers had immune cells around them known as lymphocytes...

Many people would be familiar with therapies to treat cancer including chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and even targeted therapy. There has been excitement and news of boosting or harnessing the immune...