While vaping has become a popular alternative to traditional smoking, e-cigarettes are far from a safe alternative to regular cigarettes. Fox Chase pulmonologist Sheela Ahmed, MD has the answers for some common questions about vaping—including whether it...

You may already know how targeted cancer therapies differ from traditional cancer treatment options (like chemotherapy or radiation), but what determines if a patient can receive a targeted therapy? Often, it comes down to the results of a tumor profile tes...

A cancer diagnosis can often take up a lot of the time and energy you have for managing your health. However, if you have other chronic medical conditions (often called coexisting conditions) in addition to cancer, it’s important to stay on top of them and ...

When it comes to cancer, the only real guarantees are there aren’t any. Cancer journeys are full of uncertainties, and it’s easy for all of those “what-ifs” to take a toll on your mental health. But it doesn’t have to be that way. No doubt—the big questi...

Finishing treatment for cancer marks the end of what might have been one of the hardest chapters of your life. It’s also the start of something entirely new—and for some, that takes some getting used to. Completing your cancer journey can bring a wave of...

On a typical day, an average of nearly 480 men in the U.S. are newly diagnosed with prostate cancer. Most men facing this cancer don’t have a family history of the disease. Still, a family history does raise the risk of prostate cancer. For example, havi...