The Latest Breaking News from Chemotherapy

A new blood test identifies which Stage II colon cancer patients require chemotherapy and those who don't. It will become available later this year.

A total of 150 people took part in the trial.

Myles Stokes has had his last dose of chemotherapy - and he's smiling from ear to ear

The findings — presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago — could allow doctors to “focus on the patients we think would truly benefit from chemotherapy and avoid the side effects for patients for whom it’s likely unnecessary,” one expert said.

Some cancer patients can safely skip radiation or chemotherapy after surgery

Paul Swain, 55, from Haddington , is undergoing intensive chemotherapy but may now be forced to stop his treatment so he can go back to work.

Paul Swain, 55, from Haddington, is undergoing intensive chemotherapy but may now be forced to stop his treatment so he can go back to work.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV) announced primary results from the Phase 3 SHINE study of Imbruvica (ibrutinib) plus bendamustine-rituximab (BR) and rituximab maintenance in older patients with newly diagnosed mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). The combination regime significantly reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 25% compared to placebo plus BR…

Yemeni cancer patient Mohsen al-Najdi has to drive more than three hours along narrow mountain roads to receive chemotherapy he can barely afford in Taiz, a city which has been largely cut off from the rest of Yemen during a seven-year war.

The Ibrox legend said doctors have given him six months to live

Andy Goram has decided not to undergo chemotherapy after seeing the toll it took on his ex-wife.