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The financial costs of cancer can be incredibly stressful, compounding upon the emotional costs. Here are 3 incredible resources you might not know about!

3 Incredible Financial Resources for Cancer Patients For anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, the financial costs of treatment and care can be insurmountable. Some patients aren’t able to afford their treatment

Like all cancer patients, 28-year-old Emily Helck has been through a lot. Surprisingly, she learned the most from Augustus Waters, the fictional teenage boy in “The Fault in Our Stars.”

Cancer Lessons I Learned From a Fictional Teenage Boy Emily Helck was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 28. (Courtesy Emily Helck) By Emily Helck In the days leading up to my reconstructive surgery, I was scouring breast cancer forums, looking at...

A little itch is no big deal, right? In some cases, that could be wrong. Make sure your itchy skin lesion isn't actually skin cancer.

Don't Ignore that Itchy Skin Lesion-- It Might Be Skin Cancer | Know Cancer Blog A new study from Temple University suggests we can improve our odds of diagnosing skin cancer by asking patients if their skin's been itchy or painful.

Michael Cooper, the Atlanta Dream coach, has early stage tongue cancer and has taken a leave from the WNBA team. Fortunately, he is expected to make a full recovery after surgery this week.

Former Lakers G Cooper has tongue cancer Atlanta Dream coach Michael Cooper has early stage tongue cancer and has taken a leave from the WNBA team. He will have surgery this week at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta and...

New research suggesting that smelling a fart could help prevent cancer took social media by storm over the past weekend. But the truth is that reporters caught wind of some incorrect information...

Sorry, Smelling a Fart Won't Help Prevent Cancer | Know Cancer Blog We're sorry to burst your bubble, but smelling a fart will most certainly not help prevent cancer. In this post, we'll show you just where reporters got this wrong.