A Lasting Desire to Help People with Cancer

It was inevitable that Lidia Schapira would become a doctor. Growing up, her father was a physician, so she experienced his passion for helping his patients and cultivated her own love for helping people heal.  

Breaking Barriers

While data collection is still underway, Dr. Libes anticipates more children in LMICs will survive cancer.

Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

There are many different ways to treat cancer: surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and more. Sometimes therapies are used alone and sometimes in combination.

Cancer Breakthroughs for People Everywhere

Over the last decade, important advances have been made in cancer research that are leading to better treatments, improved quality of life, and higher survival rates.

Geriatric Cancer Is a New but Critical Field 

Older adults are the population most affected by cancer. According to Cancer.Net, 60% of people who have cancer are 65 or older.

The First Step in Treating Chemo Side Effects Is Knowing They Exist 

Cancer treatment causes unpleasant side effects. Anticipating this, patients sometimes assume suffering, no matter how severe, is normal.

How does it feel to serve U.S. veterans every day when you go to work? 

I love working with and for veterans. They are the most appreciative patients I have ever worked with.

New Insights About Metabolic Health May Help Prevent Breast Cancer

Traditionally, studies about the link between obesity and breast cancer have focused on measurements of size, like body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference. Dr.

Research in the Lab Leads to Better Care for People with Cancer

How does the immune system interact with a tumor? And what does the tumor do back? 

These are the questions that motivate Dr. Luke. 

When Donors Come Through, Breakthroughs Become Possible

Dr. Applebaum dreamed of potential breakthroughs he could make for kids with neuroblastoma, a type of cancer that impacts children and is challenging to treat.