We spoke with Black medical experts on why cancer feels more common than ever, and what genetics, lifestyle, and delayed ...

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 ...

Hearing the word cancer changes the air in the room, even if you suspected something was wrong. You may feel numb. Panicked. Scared. Overwhelmed. That’s not weakness — that’s human. You don’t need to ...

When doctors told her they had to remove her tongue and voice box to save her life from the cancer that had invaded her mouth, Sonya Sotinsky sat down with a microphone to record herself saying the ...

At a recent party, another guest, a nurse, asked what I do for a living. I explained that as a health policy researcher, my ...

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 ...