There are some job protected options for patients with cancer, survivors and caregivers to consider when it comes to returning to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. But, as one cancer rights attorney notes, there are many challenges to those options.
The microorganisms inside a patient's gastrointestinal tract may have a role to play in how immunotherapy can treat certain types of cancer.
After being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, nurse Stephanie Walker was thrown into a world of isolation and new depths of depression she “never knew even existed”. Here, she details how working with a therapist and communicating with her family and friends helped her find her way out of the darkness.
“Laughter is the best medicine” is a principle that CURE Voices contributor Khevin Barnes takes, well, seriously. In this edition of CURE Community Vlogs, Khevin takes a minute to discuss how laughter can help men with breast cancer find a new outlook on their diagnosis.
While it may be tempting to “go to that dark place” when feeling the isolation that comes with metastatic breast cancer or a pandemic, Stephanie Walker shares her tips for how to emerge and connect with others.
In an interview with CURE®, Dr. Jorge Gomez discussed how recent developments in the assessment of biomarkers within the small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer space have led to approvals of new and expanded therapies.
CURE® interviews Voices contributor Tamera Anderson-Hanna on the benefits of continuing to perform yoga at home for both patients with cancer experiencing lymphedema, as well as caregivers looking to address their own mental well-being.
On the importance of finding more potent and well-tolerated therapies in hepatocellular carcinoma, Dr. Bruno Sangro explains: “The wider the spectrum of choices, the better we will be able to treat our patients.”
Dr. 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.
Dr. Julia Rani Nangia explains how certain chemotherapy types and sequencing have different impacts on hair retention for patients with breast cancer.
Hair loss is a common side effect in treatment for cancer, but for patients looking to manage it Dr. Julie Rani Nangia breaks down how scalp cooling can slow down hair loss.
“When time passes, and you look back it seems like a distant memory.”
“One FDA approval that we were quite excited about (is Tabrecta). And I've actually already put some patients on it; it's a very good drug,” Dr. Timothy Burns said in a recent interview.
“At 34, I have another chance to live the rest of my life with a consciousness that there's great purpose in the pain.”
“You have to speak up. What you don’t say is the most predictive of the care you don’t get.”
“There's a lot of miscommunication and number one, I would tell them you don't need to face these decisions alone,” Dr. Pat Basu said in an interview addressing patient’s fear in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The recent surge of drug approvals in the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) space by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is quite unusual and only a fraction of them are considered practice changing, according to Dr. Timothy Burns.
An expert explains the importance of the fourth approval of the immunotherapy Tecentriq for certain patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer who have a high PD-L1 expression.
“We don't know what the best treatment paradigm is for a patient whose disease is most clearly manifest on a PSMA scan as opposed to standard imaging,” said Dr. Michael J. Morris. “All that work has yet to be done, and we can only do it once we have the scan available to us as a tool in the United States.”
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cancer landscape has lead to enormous challenges for patients and professionals alike, but the impact of the pandemic will be felt on cancer care for years to come.
“If I only have one tool to treat the disease, I will play with that tool in many different ways. But if I have access to four different tools, then I will give up tool (number) one if I don't feel it's working,” explained Dr. Mazyar Shadman of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, about his approach to treating high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia in an interview with CURE®.
Lidia, who was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in 2016, offers her advice for others who have received a cancer diagnosis.
“There’s a lot of work to do in CLL,” said Dr. Mazyar Shadman about the treatments currently being investigated in CLL. “We have been very fortunate to be able to provide a lot of options to our patients, but we shouldn't forget that there's a long way to go.”
In an interview with CURE®, Dr. Mazyar Shadman discussed ways that patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia can play a role in ensuring that they are able to reap the benefits of treatment.
There are three things that should be considered when deciding what is the optimal treatment in the first line setting for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to Dr. Mazyar Shadman.
In an interview with CURE®, Dr. Pail Paik of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center discusses the FDA approval of Alunbrig for patients with ALK-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
“I think until you've been put in a position that I'm in, we sometimes tend to take our lives and time that we have for granted.”
“Everything is perspective. It's how you look at it.”
4 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia experts hosted a webinar, in partnership with CURE, addressing the latest and most important topics for patients with CLL.
First-line treatment with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with chemotherapy improves progression-free survival in patients with locally recurrent, inoperable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC), according to data presented at the 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program.
