Colleen Moretti

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Keeping track of labs can help patients with MPN better understand the side effects and reasons for treatment , according to an expert from the Medical College of Wisconsin.

There are certain laws that may protect the medical information of people with genetic predispositions to cancer from their employers and possible health insurers.

The combination is the first in advanced or metastatic breast cancer to have a survival benefit extending over five years.

Patients who are living with MPN should live a healthy lifestyle and not compare their disease to others, because of variability between mutations, according to an expert.

Exposure to certain high blood pressure drugs, specifically thiazide diuretics, may increase a person’s risk of developing skin cancer.

Clinical trials that are designed to ask patients with bladder, kidney and prostate cancer about their smoking status may help patients better understand what to expect from their treatment based on their smoking habits.

Cancer survivors who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual report experiencing significantly more challenges in their survivorship than their heterosexual peers, according to recent study results.

Although immunotherapy has provided patients with small cell lung cancer with a “light at the end of the tunnel,” an expert from City of Hope argues more research is needed.

Residing in neighborhoods that are within walking distance of destinations such as shops, restaurants and bus stops was associated with a decrease in BMI among black cancer survivors.

Programs that are free of cost, such as the World Trade Center Health Program, could serve as a “model” to providing better and more accessible health care to patients with cancer, according to an expert at Montefiore Medical Center in New York.

The use of convalescent plasma therapy in patients with blood cancers and COVID-19 was associated with an improvement in survival from the infection.

An expert from the University of Pennsylvania explains that better communication is needed between physicians and patients with cancer during clinical trials so that patients are better prepared for life after the clinical trial is over.

The approval of Welireg, according to an expert at Massachusetts General Hospital, is “extremely important” and will “dramatically” change how certain von Hippel-Lindau-associated cancers are treated.

Patients with breast cancer are advised to get regular sleep, exercise often, stay hydrated and eat healthy and nutritious foods to prevent “highly debilitating” headaches, according to an expert from Stanford University School of Medicine.

Twelve weeks of acupuncture treatment in certain patients with early-stage breast cancer resulted in a long-term reduction of pain levels.

While it is normal for parents of childhood cancer survivors to experience anxiety and depression related to the fear of disease progression, parents are encouraged to seek help to ensure that the fear or progression doesn’t lead to debilitating consequences, according to an expert at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

“We are fortunate now to live in an era where we have nine new drugs approved (for AML) just in the last five years,” says an expert from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

The FDA granted approval to Welireg for the treatment of patients with von Hippel-Lindau-associated kidney cancer, CNS hemangioblastomas and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

“More and more (patients and physicians) need to work together in partnership throughout the cancer journey in order to optimize and make the journey the best possible that we can for every single patient,” says an expert from the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Experts from the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital advise young-adult childhood cancer survivors to increase their physical activity levels, eat well and stay socially active to reduce their risk of becoming frail and prevent cognitive decline.

The results, according to the study authors, demonstrate a need to better inform older patients during treatment about survivorship after liver cancer.

Experts urge parents to continue to have conversations with their children about the financial hardships that may occur because of a pediatric cancer diagnosis.

Most people who consume alcohol are unaware that it increases their risk of receiving a diagnosis of cancer, according to an expert.

The FDA approval of Rylaze provides certain patients with leukemia and lymphoma with an on-demand treatment option since the only other approved therapy is currently undergoing a shortage.

Performing the recommended 150 minutes of physical activity per week could lead colorectal cancer survivors to “a happy and healthy life” post treatment, according to an expert.

A hard-charging executive felt lost after surviving cancer because she didn’t fit into her old life. But, she says, “cancer changed my life, so I changed my world.”

Yoga and cognitive behavioral therapy should be recommended for cancer survivors who are struggling with sleep.

The combination may offer patients with recurrent, platinum-agnostic ovarian cancer a more effective, non-platinum-based treatment option.

After a previous diagnosis of skin cancer, patients are more likely to develop skin cancer lesions on the body. An expert gives helpful tips on what to look for and how to look for lesions to catch them early.