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Hot Weather, Hot Flashes, Hot Mess: Dealing With Cancer-Related Hot Flashes in the Summer MonthsI used to love spending time outdoors during the warm weather, but when I started getting hot flashes after my cancer-related oophorectomy, enjoying hot days got a bit trickier.
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Find Me Now a Safe Place from CancerWhen I was diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2022, I of course turned to my art.
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How a Nutritious Diet May Help During Myeloma TreatmentMaintaining a healthy diet during treatment may help combat side effects.
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Promacta Improves Platelet Count, Transfusion Independence in MDSPromacta tended to boost platelet counts in patients with low-risk MDS, and helped those patients be independent of transfusions, too.
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Living Life Between Cancer AppointmentsWhen cancer entered our life, fear was a constant. However, we tried to live as joyously as possible between check-ups.
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Life Lessons of a Young Cancer WidowCancer robbed our family of more time with my husband. In the years since his death, this is what I’ve learned on grieving, life, dating and the fear of letting go.
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Lifting Weight Off of Patients’ ShouldersThree different people describe similar experiences with someone who stands alongside them during their journeys.
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An Oncology Nurse Who Provides for OthersLinda Giamalva, B.S.N., RN-BC, NC IV, provides excellent care to all her patients and goes above and beyond to meet their needs.
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Drug Duo Is Efficacious in Treating Posttransplant GVHDJakafi plus Rezurock showed promise in treating graft-versus-host disease in patients who underwent undergone allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.
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Thriving With CancerI transformed my mindset to maximize healing before, during and after prostate cancer treatment.
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Kidney Cancer Nurse Is an Icon in Her FieldLaura Wood, M.S.N., RN, OCN, has "skill, dedication, boundless compassion and drive to improve the lives of those affected by kidney cancer."
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10 Helpful Tips for Cancer CaregiversA retired oncology social worker shares some helpful tips for being a supportive caregiver while also maintaining your own well-being. “Caregiving is compassion in action,” he writes.
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Fighting Hard for Patients with Fibrolamellar CarcinomaAs a hard-working mom and administrator, one nurse shows her passion and fight to get the best care for patients with fibrolamellar carcinoma.
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‘Scanxiety’ Can Make Cancer Survivors Irrational and IrritableA penile cancer survivor recalls how he can become irrational and lash out at his loved ones during the days leading up to his next scans. His wish: To be normal again.
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My Cancer Advocacy Keeps My Mom’s Legacy AliveAfter my mom died of colon cancer, I became an advocate with the hopes that fewer people would be lost to the disease.
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Educating Patients and Teams to Reduce Anxiousness During Cancer TreatmentA radiation oncology nurse takes the time to educate both patients and her clinical team to better manage side effects during therapy.
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How Yoga Helped Me in My Post Breast Cancer Treatment JourneyA former oncologist discusses how yoga became a vital part of her recovery after a surprise breast cancer diagnosis.
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Causes of Thyroid CancerNew research sheds lights on the causes of thyroid cancer, overdiagnosis of PTC
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When an Unexpected Cancer Association Leads to a Lifelong ConnectionA lung cancer survivor explains how a serendipitous friendship with her stepson’s girlfriend’s aunt changed her life.
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New CAR-T Therapy Safe and Efficacious for Non-Hodgkin LymphomaThe novel CAR-T cell therapy, HR001, showed promise in a recent trial of patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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Living With Breast CancerAfter receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer, I received so much support from my family, friends and others.
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One-of-a-Kind Cancer Care Across 1,000 MilesWhile one woman always assumed her aunt Judy provided excellent cancer care, she learned it firsthand upon her own diagnosis.
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The Emotional Trauma of Breast Cancer: ‘Can Anybody Hear Me?’A breast cancer survivor explains that many people deal with long-term emotional trauma as a result of their cancer experience and argues that more should be done to address it.
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A Champion for Expanding Access to Lung Cancer BreakthroughsA colleague describes Dr. Edward S. Kim’s devotion to improving lung cancer care and creating more inclusive clinical trial practices.
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Novel 4-Drug Combo Significantly Improves Treatment Responses in Group of Patients with Breast CancerTreatment with pyrotinib and the chemotherapies trastuzumab, docetaxel and carboplatin significantly improved response rates over the triplet chemotherapy regimen alone in the neoadjuvant treatment of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.
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Can Laughter Help Me Through Cancer?I've found that making time for a good laugh each day helped break through the looming thought of cancer.
