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Cancer

  1. phew
    Ruth Bader Ginsburg Declared Cancer-Free After Tumor TreatmentThe 86-year-old Justice quietly underwent treatment for a malignant growth on her pancreas.
    By Claire Lampen
  2. ruth bader ginsburg
    A Cancer Doctor Explains RBG’s SurgeryRuth Bader Ginsburg reportedly had two cancerous nodules removed after an earlier hospitalization for broken ribs.
    By Katie Heaney
  3. work
    How I Get It Done: Robin RobertsThe Good Morning America host on practicing optimism, being a better boss, and what she would tell her younger self.
    As told to Stella Bugbee
  4. women’s health
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus Couldn’t ‘Imagine’ Facing Cancer Without Good Health Care“Health care should be for all. I believed that before; now I really believe it.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  5. first person
    Our Sister BeckyWhat if the doctors had listened to her?
    By Kate Beaton
  6. science of us
    The Reason You’re Hearing More About Pancreatic CancerOn Aretha Franklin’s death, and new data on her condition.
    By Alexia LaFata
  7. ask polly
    Ask Polly: ‘My Mother Has Stage 3 Ovarian Cancer and I’m Falling Apart’Ultimately, only you can decide how you want to navigate this sickness with her.
    By Heather Havrilesky
  8. science of us
    My Life After Getting Breast Cancer in My 20s“Having cancer as a young person is alienating.”
    By Robin Browne As told to Nora Whelan
  9. science of us
    Did Drinking Give Me Breast Cancer? I Don’t Know.And neither do you.
    By Sarah Weinman
  10. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Thought She Was Finally PregnantInstead, her symptoms meant something very different.
    By the Cut
  11. it’s complicated
    Relearning How to Date After My Double MastectomyThe threat of cancer made me reconsider what I wanted in a partner, but it also left me scared of having to open up to one.
    By Erika Stallings
  12. it’s complicated
    Breaking Up With the Boyfriend Who Got Me Through CancerBesides my immediate family, he’s the only person who’s seen the worst of me and loved me anyway.
    By Deanna Pai
  13. tv
    Joe Biden Consoles a Tearful Meghan McCain Over John’s Cancer BattleGrab a tissue.
    By Dee Lockett
  14. motherhood
    Should I Have a Mastectomy for My Children’s Sake?As a mother with a genetic risk for breast cancer, I’m not sure what to do.
    By Taylor Harris
  15. science of us
    The Things You Learn About Your Friends When You Need a New LiverI was surprised by who volunteered to be a donor — and who didn’t.
    By Deanna Pai
  16. lawsuits
    Johnson & Johnson to Pay $417 Million in Lawsuit Linking Baby Powder to CancerThis is the latest in a series of lawsuits concerning the safety of the company’s talc-based products.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  17. Here’s What Not to Say to Someone With CancerMy disease didn’t care how brave I was.
    By Deanna Pai
  18. Finally, My Case of ‘Chemo Brain’ Is VindicatedA new study illustrates what I already knew: Chemotherapy can mess with your memory, and the stress of cancer treatment just makes it worse.
    By Deanna Pai
  19. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Wanted to Add ‘One More Kid to the Pile’This week’s How I Got This Baby.
    By the Cut
  20. More Than 1 in 5 U.S. Adults Were Infected With HPV Between 2013 and 2014The figure increases to 42 percent for all forms of genital HPV, according to a CDC report.
    By Lisa Ryan
  21. twitter love
    Beyoncé FaceTimed With a Cancer Patient From HoustonShe called a high-school student who has a stage-four diagnosis of cancer.
    By Theresa Avila
  22. 9 People Died From Rare Cancer Linked to Breast Implants, According to the FDAThe FDA says those with breast implants have a “low but increased” risk of developing the cancer.
    By Lisa Ryan
  23. genetic testing
    Here’s a Good Story About Cancer and ProbabilityWhat do you do with the knowledge that you have a one-in-five chance of getting cancer? How do you integrate that number into your life?
    By Jesse Singal
  24. Ask a Boss: My Awful Co-worker Has CancerYou can be sympathetic and still speak up.
    By Alison Green
  25. New Report Finds Women’s Cancer Deaths Will Increase by 60 Percent in 2030The American Cancer Society’s report looks at the global burden of cancer.
    By Lisa Ryan
  26. lawsuits
    Can Baby Powder Cause Cancer? A Woman Just Won a $70M Lawsuit Saying YesThe plaintiff argued that she developed ovarian cancer after using the company’s baby powder for 45 years.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  27. srsly?
    Facebook Removes Animated Breast-Cancer Video for Being OffensiveThe nipple is still not free.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  28. am i dying
    Is My New Mole Actually Skin Cancer?What to do about that spot.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  29. optimism
    How Relentless Optimism Can Hurt Sick PeopleIf you want to help a friend who’s sick, don’t force them to feel a certain way.
    By Jesse Singal
  30. confessions
    My Mother’s Cancer Made Me a Food NutIt snuck up on me, but before I knew it I was a type-A food perfectionist who would beat death.
    By Elisabeth Donnelly
  31. pass the sunscreen
    Black Patients Have the Worst Skin-Cancer-Survival RatesPeople of color are not immune to melanoma.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  32. end of life care
    A Lot of Cancer Patients Aren’t on the Same Page As Their DoctorsAs a new study shows, the numbers are quite depressing.
    By Jesse Singal
  33. please stop freaking out everybody
    For the Love of God, Chill Out About That New Study on Cell Phones and CancerOr: Science isn’t a buffet.
    By Jesse Singal
  34. informed consent
    Women With Cancer Are Woefully Misinformed About Their Fertility OptionsInsult, meet injury.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  35. advice
    Ask Polly: My Sister Has Cancer, and I Can’t Go OnEven though you’d rather crawl into a hole than face this reality, you can’t.
    By Heather Havrilesky
  36. pseudoscience
    Did a Scammy Sponsored Internet Search-Result Lead to a Cancer Death in China?Authorities are casting a light on Baidu’s sponsored search results after a college student succumbed to cancer.
    By Jesse Singal
  37. vaginas
    Johnson & Johnson Loses Another Ovarian Cancer Lawsuit Over Its Baby PowderThe jury awarded $55 million to a South Dakota woman with ovarian cancer.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  38. We Just Learned a Sobering New Statistic About Cancer and WealthThis is bad news.
    By Adam Banicki
  39. get well soon
    Janice Dickinson Has Early-Stage Breast CancerThe former model has an early form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  40. cancer
    Senator Claire McCaskill Shares Her Breast-Cancer Diagnosis on TumblrWishing you a speedy recovery, hip senator.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  41. wellness theories
    A British Aristocrat on Expensive Algae and Balance“I don’t work out every day, but when I do, I pretty much die.”
    By Ashley Weatherford
  42. astrologifs
    Astrology GIFs for the Week of November 9, 2015Halloween is over, but some potentially scary prospects are ahead with the new moon. Luckily, Mars is here to save your ass.
    By Samuel F. Reynolds
  43. true stories
    I Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer and Decided to Do NothingMore and more women are opting out of mastectomies when diagnosed with DCIS.
    By Anonymous As told to Deb Schwartz
  44. decisions
    Are We Overtreating Stage 0 Breast Cancer?A new study suggests that aggressively fighting it doesn’t improve survival rates for most women.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  45. The Pill Has Prevented 200,000 Endometrial Cancer Cases in the Last Decade AloneA new study estimates just how many.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  46. lab work
    Inside Memorial Sloan Kettering’s High-Speed Pathology LabIs it cancer? They’ll know in half an hour.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  47. health
    Angelina Jolie Reveals She Had Her Ovaries RemovedFollowing a cancer scare.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. cancer
    23 More Things Dr. Joseph Mercola Has Said Will Give You Cancer Root canals. Bras. Pringles.
    By Melissa Dahl
  49. health
    How to Nudge People Toward Smarter Cancer-Screening DecisionsIt’s a System 1 and System 2 thing.
    By Jesse Singal
  50. Another Reason to Stop Describing Cancer With War Metaphors New evidence of their inadvertent harm. 
    By Melissa Dahl
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