Hearing the word cancer changes the air in the room, even if you suspected something was wrong. You may feel numb. Panicked.

Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, entered the exam room to find a new patient, a woman in her fifties dangling her feet from the exam bench. The patient had recently been diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in ...

In this series, Globe columnist and “Say More” podcast host Shirley Leung details her own battle against breast cancer as she leads listeners on a journey to explore other personal stories about the ...