A colleague describes the RN coordinator at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven Hospital as the rock that patients need during their cancer treatment.
Head and neck cancer treatments and the subsequent side effects can be overwhelming for patients and their caregivers due to the impact they have on routine activities, writes a speech-language pathologist at Cancer Treatment Center of America Atlanta. However, the expert notes, there are plenty of specialists who can help improve patient quality of life.
One patient details how her oncology nurse was the caring energy she needed when undergoing treatment for cancer.
Dr. Roy H. Decker is a lung cancer hero — a “triple threat” in lung radiation oncology as a clinical innovator, teacher and ground-breaking clinical trialist, explains a colleague.
At first, I thought I had hemorrhoids, but ended up eventually being diagnosed with anal cancer.
An advocate who lost her life due to metastatic breast cancer is honored for her incredible dedication to helping other women feel less alone during their cancer journeys.
Patients "need to be proactive" as they coordinate care between two diseases.
He dreams that this ever-growing body of knowledge will progressively improve the ability to understand and treat cancer; multiple myeloma has been at the center of this dream.
As difficult as my cancer journey was, there were a lot of good things that came out of it. Cancer changed my life. It changed my perspective. It showed me what is truly important and valuable in life.
Anxiety over scans makes sense, but isn’t there more anxiety about other cancer tests, too?
When I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, my oncology nurse ended up becoming a trusted friend.
I recently heard a story about a patient's personality change because of cancer, and it reminded me of the hyperactive delirium I experienced.
An oncologist describes how gifted and compassionate her primary nurse is with the clinical team and with patients with genitourinary and gynecologic cancers.
One oncology nurse helped her patient with cancer by talking with his insurance carriers to provide a drug he needed for treatment.
A man writes a poem about an ex-girlfriend who discovered she had cancer.
The threat of breast cancer looms over me, even the pain is a threat.
Reginald Tucker-Seeley, MA, ScM, ScD, concludes the program with advice for caregivers and patients with prostate cancer to maximize the benefit of treatment.
Cancer is a dark place, but we can bring light to it.
A psychotherapist who underwent a bilateral mastectomy writes a haiku about finding acceptance of cancer.
In memory of my sister, Barbara, who died of Hodgkin lymphoma in 1954.
The members of my lung cancer support group recently came up with some responses for when people ask us, "So you have lung cancer — did you smoke?"
An oncologist writes about a local cancer care leader who developed an impressive multidisciplinary cancer team.
Even the difficult experiences that we share, like the emotional and physical discomfort that comes with a cancer scan, can be a little easier when we know someone else has been through them, too.
Cynthia Chmielewski is a multiple myeloma hero for many around the world.
Welireg outperformed Afinitor in time to disease progression and patient-reported quality of life in the treatment of metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
Fear of facing discriminatory behavior within the health care system, along with other factors, may keep members of the LGBTQIA+ community from receiving cancer diagnoses.