What does the most-read story of 2024 say about the priorities of our readers?
In 2021, The Cancer Letter launched the Cancer History Project, a first-of-its-kind collaborative archive of oncology’s history.
Young adults with cancer are starting to break the silence about grief. Most people think of grief following the death of a loved one, but grief can accompany any event that disrupts or challenges our sense of normalcy or ourselves.1 During this first week of December, National Grief Awareness Week, we can raise awareness about grief in young adults with cancer to help ensure that no one grieves alone.
On Dec. 23, 1971, President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into law.
When Larry Einhorn was a young physician in the early 1970s, actinomycin-D was the standard drug used to treat testicular cancer. It was—and still is—the most common carcinoma in young men ages 15-35.
As oncology contemplates the potential impact of a second Donald Trump term on cancer care and research, The Cancer Letter has compiled a list of guest editorials, news analyses, and data-driven reports that this magazine published during his first term.
“Less Radical” is the story of Bernie Fisher, the surgeon-scientist who not only revolutionized breast cancer treatment, but also fundamentally changed the way we understand all cancers.
A mathematical puzzle fascinated Susan Ellenberg as a child.
In a new online exhibition, The University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society spotlights tobacco advertisements and promotional artifacts from presidential election campaigns.
Two former directors and the current director of the UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center appeared in a special episode of the Cancer Luminaries podcast. This series was launched by UCCCC to mark its 50th year as an NCI-designated cancer center.
