Cancer Archives

04.08.2026 Headshot for Kira Bona, physician, associate professor, and Director of the Pediatric and Young Adult Cancer Health Outcomes Research Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Closing the Gap in Childhood Cancer Care

Kira Bona, director of the Pediatric and Young Adult Cancer Health Outcomes Research Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, studies what happens when childhood cancer care meets the pressures of poverty.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

03.24.2026 Portrait of a young boy sitting on a hospital bed, looking out the window. Childhood cancer survivorship concept

The Sound of Survival, and the Silence of Survivorship

The end of childhood cancer treatment marks the beginning of a lifetime of care and health challenges that largely go unacknowledged.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

03.05.2026 Cooling towers releasing steam into a clear blue sky at a nuclear power complex

Cancer In the Shadow of Nuclear Plants

The promise of a cleaner, nuclear-powered grid must be weighed alongside the health of the communities living near these facilities.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

03.03.2026 Silhouette of a woman standing in front of a translucent window with one hand placed on her forehead in a gesture of worry or pain

My Disease Is Not Benign In Any Sense of the Word

When we call a disease like endometriosis benign, we are telling the world it doesn’t deserve to be understood.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

12.04.2025 headshot for Dr. Christina Dieli-Conwright, an expert in exercise oncology

The Healing Power of Exercise in Cancer Patients

Christina Marie Dieli-Conwright studies how exercise after a cancer diagnosis can improve health, quality of life, and ultimately, survival.

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

11.05.2025 Large crude oil storage tanks beneath an oil refinery in a green hilly area

The Downstream Harms of Upstream Oil and Gas Development

Maternal exposure to benzene, a carcinogen present in crude oil and gas, increases the risk of developing childhood leukemia.

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

10.20.2025 Shadows on a jail cell block

Bringing Lung Cancer Screening Behind Bars

A recent lung cancer screening initiative at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections shows promise in reaching this high-risk population.

Guest Authors Michelle Suh, Emily Lupez, Justin Berk

10.01.2025 young Black man facing away from camera at a doctor's visit. cancer screening concept

Missed Opportunities: Gaps in Cancer Screening Among Men Living with HIV

For men in the South living with HIV, seeking anal cancer screening is deeply inequitable, with age and partner gender playing key roles.

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

09.23.2025 young woman getting a mammogram. breast cancer concept

The Community-Level Impact of Poverty on Late-Stage Breast Cancer

While late-stage breast cancer diagnoses have declined overall since 2004, areas experiencing persistent poverty have seen little progress.

Guest Author Heather Sherr

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