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The North Star of Oncology NursingMaria Malloy, a registered oncology nurse and caregiver at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center, is nominated her colleague Eleanor Miller for CURE®’s 2019 Extraordinary Healer® Award in this essay.
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Watch Your MouthPatients with cancer who have taken bone-strengthening drugs should be on the lookout for osteonecrosis of the jaw.
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Beat Lasting Cancer Side Effects With FoodAuthors of “The Living Kitchen” share meal options packed with flavor and health perks.
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My Magical Reading JourneyMy journey as a reader and a cancer patient/survivor were both marked with highs and lows, but now are important parts of my daily life.
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The Power of Positive ThinkingWoman's husband handled mysterious cancer with humor and grace.
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The Magic Fit of Oncology NursingAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring SEONG-HEE CHEON, RN, OCN [SOUTHWEST CANCER CENTER, LUBBOCK, TEXAS]
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Living With Grief in the Metastatic Breast Cancer CommunityFive years ago, I was stricken with metastatic breast cancer. This heartbreaking diagnosis came not long after I finished treatment for early stage, HER2+ cancer.
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Extraordinary Healer of the Soul and BodyAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring COURTNEY SOOD, RN [INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH, ZIONSVILLE, INDIANA]
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Statistics Do Not Predict Patients' FateNow that we're in an era of personalized medicine, patients should not look at statistics and immediately think that they will determine their fate, says Tom Stockwell, patient navigator at the Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation.
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Ursula Matulonis Explains the Use of PARP Inhibitors for Ovarian CancerUrsula Matulonis, M.D., professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Medical Director of Gynecologic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, explains the benefits of PARP inhibitors for patients with ovarian cancer.
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To Know or Not To KnowLearning about one's genetic status may open a Pandora's box of personal and familial issues.
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Web Exclusive: Sleep Difficulties in Cancer PatientsOncology researchers examine sleep issues in cancer patients and propose ways to increase quality sleep.
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FDA Grants Lynparza Priority Review for Frontline Maintenance in Ovarian CancerThe FDA has granted a priority review designation to a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Lynparza (olaparib) tablets for use as a maintenance therapy in patients with newly-diagnosed, BRCA-positive advanced ovarian cancer who achieved a complete or partial response to standard frontline platinum-based chemotherapy.
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Navitoclax Plus Jakafi Improves Spleen Volume Reductions in MyelofibrosisThe recent phase 3 TRANSFORM-1 study concluded that navitoclax combined with Jakafi showed significant spleen volume reductions in patients with myelofibrosis.
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Expert Highlights 'Exciting' Future Developments in Lung Cancer TreatmentDr. Timothy Burns, of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, discusses developments in the treatment of lung cancer over the next several years that have exciting potential to impact the field.
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A Healer for the Heart and Soul Throughout My Cancer JourneyAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring Shirley Davis, RN, OCN [Wellmont Health System in Tennessee]
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Hypnotic EffectsStudies show how hypnosis can help patients deal with pain, fatigue, and anxiety.
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Kathy Youngblood, Private InvestigatorAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring KATHERINE YOUNGBLOOD, M.S., B.S.N., RN, CPN, CPHON [ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE]
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A Contagious SmileJeanne Marie Wheatley, B.S.N., RN, OCN "provides a constant source of strength for our team," wrote Colleen Tetzlaff, M.H.S., PA-C ."She always has a smile, and she maintains a positive and cheerful attitude at work at all times."
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An Update from FriendsCURE hears from survivors and caregivers featured in past issues and shares how their lives have changed.
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Immunotherapy Side Effects: Know the RisksImmunotherapy can cause some side effects that patients and practitioners should look out for.
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Examining the Role of Stress in Lung CancerSyed Jafri, M.D., an assistant professor at the University of Texas McGovern School of Medicine, discusses the potential role that stress could play in lung cancer diagnoses.
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Calm in the StormMY HEART POUNDED as I awaited the news. I could hardly believe that my cancer had returned for a fourth time and this time was in my lungs.
