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New site offers one-stop shop for financial help.

Healing Wherever You Go

Mindfulness-based stress reduction may help cancer patients and survivors to overcome the stress and chaos that cancer initiates.

Durable Medical Equipment?

The first time I heard that term I didn't know what they were talking about. Even now my brain goes a little bit crazy when that term is applied to lingerie.

Hiking Cancer

Adjusting to Cancer's "New Normal"

Hard to Hear: Cisplatin Can Cause Hearing Loss for Men With Testicular Cancer

Cisplatin therapy can cause hearing loss for men with testicular cancer, but preventive measures are emerging.

I Laughed

When it comes to cancer, sometimes all we can do is laugh.

The Importance of Monitoring Bone Density in Survivors of Breast Cancer

AI therapy can put breast cancer survivors at risk for bone fractures, making bone density monitoring important.

Blue Faery's Patient Community Shares Practical Resources to Help Patients With HCC Manage Their Own Care

Blue Faery provides patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and their caregivers a range of focused resources. The goal of Blue Faery’s patient community is to improve the quality of life for patients, support their caregivers and give them hope, information and a voice.

Ray's Oncology Nurse: His Sunshine and Guardian Angel

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring Kimberly Duke, RN [ Webber Cancer Center at St. John-Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Warren, Michigan ]

Mitigating the Hurt When Friends Withdraw

How to respond to others that pull away after the cancer diagnosis.

Tips and Resources for Easing the Financial Burden of Cancer Copayments

Survivor Guilt

Learning to Speak Up With Cancer

What stands in the way of patient-physician communications and how can we get around these barriers?

Embracing Multitasking: Combining Treatments for Pancreatic Cancer

An expert sheds light on emerging combination treatments for pancreatic cancer.

NORD Offers Information and Support for Patients of Rare Cancers

NORD was founded in 1983 by parents of children with rare diseases. Over the past 30 years, it has become a powerful advocacy voice for all patients with rare diseases, including cancer.

Caring Ambassadors: Empowering Patients to Control Their Illnesses

Getting Warmer: Women Can Revive Sexual Function After Cancer

Cancer can put a damper on women's sex life, but thanks to therapy and new medical treatments, they can get back to being intimate again.

My Oncology Nurse, the Sunshine in My Life

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring ADRIANA TAURIELLO-WISE, RN, OCN [THE CANCER INSTITUTE AT ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL, EAST HILL, NEW YORK]

Getting to the Root of Financial Toxicity in Colorectal Cancer

In colorectal and other cancers, financial burden is worsened by expensive drugs, long-term treatment and sharing of insurance costs.

The Connection Between Lung Cancer and Outdoor Air Pollution

Overwhelming evidence shows that particle pollution in the outdoor air we breathe — like that coming from vehicle exhaust, coal-fired power plants and other industrial sources — can cause lung cancer.

Who Will Reduce Barriers to Cancer Care?

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring MARY SMANIA, D.N.P., FNP-BC, AGN-BC [ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HEALTH PROGRAMS, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING, LIFE SCIENCE, LANSING, MICHIGAN]

Patrick I. Borgen on Cancer-Related Pain Relief With Exparel

Patrick I. Borgen, chair, Department of Surgery, director, Maimonides Breast Cancer Center, provides an overview of cancer-related pain relief with Exparel.

Mentoring Patients With Cancer When You've 'Been There' Before

Patients Unable to Work May Qualify for Disability Benefits

If you've been diagnosed with cancer, cannot work due to your symptoms and expect to remain in that situation for more than 12 months, the Social Security Administration may be able to offer you disability benefits.

Contagious Enthusiasm

Oncolytic, or engineered, viruses that infect and kill cancer cells are showing promise.

Implementing Standards of Care in Radiation Dermatitis Prevention

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring ANNA SKRIPNIK LUCAS, M.S.N., RN, DNC, FNP-BC [MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER, NEW YORK, NEW YORK]

Chemobrain—It's Real, It's Complex, and the Science Is Still Evolving

Talk with almost any cancer survivor, and he or she is likely to bring up the topic of "chemobrain," that fuzzy, murky state that patients blame for impaired memory. A review of the research shows how we're focusing on the problem.

Gut Reaction

Healthy gut bacteria may be needed for some cancer therapies to be effective.

Telehealth Can Expand Lung Cancer Treatment Options in Rural Areas

Rural patients tend to have diminished access to appropriate, routine cancer screening studies, leading to patients with cancer being diagnosed with more advanced stage disease.