Cancer survivors

Update news Cancer survivors

Cancer patients in chemo ward may influence each other's survival

 Who a cancer patient spends time with in the chemotherapy ward may have a small but significant effect on their likelihood of surviving the disease, suggests a small study in the UK.

Delayed deaths declining among pediatric cancer survivors

 It's long been known that cancer survivors -- people alive five years after diagnosis -- face a higher risk of premature death, and doctors have made efforts over the decades to reduce those deaths.