An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring SANTA MONICA UCLA ONCOLOGY UNIT – 4 SOUTHWEST [UCLA, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA]
What a force they were, those two daughters of ours: that little nine-year-old kid Valerie, gone from bone cancer and the more grown-up 37-year-old Stacy, cut off by breast cancer. When we talk of them, however, it is often with a slight grin.
Yes, some days are harder than others, even though my strength has been depleted, my courage has been renewed.
An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring SALLY DURHAM, RN [DIRECTOR OF OUTPATIENT INFUSION, FRANCES MAHON DEACONESS HOSPITAL, GLASGOW, MONTANA]
Katie Brown, senior vice president of survivorship and support for LUNGevity Foundation, wrote about a program for patients to gain knowledge from survivors.
COA’s head of patient advocacy discusses the role of self-advocacy in survivorship and receiving quality, affordable, accessible cancer care.
A brain tumor survivor explains how she chooses to approach life with acceptance of the hard times rather than trying to throw them away.
Despite a national addiction crisis, opioids remain an appropriate choice for treating severe cancer pain.
"In the midst of all of the difficulty of trying to deal with something this terrible, having that hope in your back pocket is invaluable to my life and to my family." - Brian Smith, on living with multiple myeloma and participating in Moving Mountains for Multiple Myeloma's recent Iceland trek.
Ronald Natale, medical oncologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, discusses treatment options for patients with EGFR-mutated lung cancer.
Be careful where you get your information, said Leonard Gomella, M.D.
While recent advances in hematology are exciting, they open the door to more questions.
The incidence of colorectal and gastric cancers has risen for younger patients, and many of them share ethnic and socioeconomic disparities as well.
After breast cancer, one woman found new purpose and renewed relationships by adopting a special puppy. Now, she fosters others.
Investigators are studying a rare ovarian tumor called sclerosing stromal tumor, a benign tumor that can be misdiagnosed as cancer.
Dr. Regina Hampton discusses key factors contributing to this disparity, and how healthcare systems can address these challenges.
The results of a phase 2 study looking at Padcev and Keytruda combination therapy for patients with metastatic urothelial cancer shows promise with a 73% response that did not differ for a patient’s PDL1 status.
A cancer survivor doesn’t consider surviving cancer a personal victory, but is grateful for each day.
An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring Nancy Mortlock, RN, OCN, CRNI, CSRN [ Rockwood Clinic in Spokane, Washington ]
Gabriela Hobbs, M.D., discusses how to manage symptoms associated with a myeloproliferative neoplasm diagnosis.
A patient with metastatic breast cancer honors her medical oncologist, Dr. Maria Raquel Nunes, for her calming and optimistic approach.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner options that require minimal prep work and time.
Heidi Gottlieb, a brain tumor survivor and the director and founder of Brain Matters, gives advice to other patients and survivors.
Two weeks in the hospital is no fun, but completely worth it when cancer is caught and treated early.