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Dealing with cancer can be a stressful enough experience without having to navigate a worldwide pandemic, as many are doing due to COVID-19. But according to Rob Paulsen, voice actor and throat cancer survivor, the key to making it through each day may be in finding a reason to smile.

“I just want people to know that when they say you have cancer, they are not saying you have a death sentence. You can still live and you can live well.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how people receive health care services. For Donna Wiegle, director of the Mill Pond Health Center in Maine, and cervical cancer survivor and patient with ovarian cancer, the pandemic hasn’t yet changed how her island’s health center provides residents with routine care.

MPN Hero Dr. Irum Khan discusses how education events for patients with cancer are helpful to both the patient and the clinician.

The adolescent and young adult cancer community is one that faces life-changing challenges at an age where this type of challenge is not expected, and it is now compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. But there is a lifeline for AYA patients to not only cope, but thrive.

Expert Dr. Sara Hurvitz discusses why cancer survivors should discuss their risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic with their healthcare providers.

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic patients with cancer who are considered to have weakened immune systems need to have a special emphasis placed on their care.

Here are the latest highlights from the first CURE Hematology Special Edition issue for 2020.

Get a sneak peek at what’s inside our Winter 2020 issue of Heal Magazine.

Utilizing the data of the CheckMate 9ER trial, researchers believe that combination therapies in the treatment of patients with renal cell carcinoma are the future of the landscape.

Here’s a look at what’s inside our 2020 Winter issue.

Treatments for renal cell carcinoma are showing effectiveness in the short term, but with the help of new trials, researchers are looking to expand their impact for long term treatment.

The landscape for patients with renal cell carcinoma could potentially change as the use of immune checkpoint inhibition shows promise for these patients.

A recent study looking at data from three clinical trials involving Nerlynx shows promise for the future of treating patients with HER-2 positive breast cancer who develop CNS metastases.

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.

The incidence of colorectal and gastric cancers has risen for younger patients, and many of them share ethnic and socioeconomic disparities as well.

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A subset of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer and an inherited BRCA mutation rapidly progressed during a clinical trial of Lynparza.

A circulating cell-free DNA test for patients with gastrointestinal cancers has a 90% accuracy rate to detect patients’ cancers and could provide a standard test in the future, according to new study findings.

The combination treatment of Tecentriq (atezolizumab) and Avastain (bevacizumab) improved patient-reported outcomes and quality of life in a recent phase 3 study.

The cancer landscape has changed for patients with the introduction of targeted therapies, and a combination targeted therapy for some patients with colorectal cancer shows new promise.

The expert who created an assessment tool to help patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms explain their symptoms to their care ream shares how the idea came to fruition.

Kurt Schroeder, a research nurse, pushes for a patient-first mentality, especially as they participate in a clinical trial.

Ann McMullin fought for her son to be properly diagnosed and is advocating for more education among medical professionals of rare diseases like her son’s essential thrombocythemia.

As a guest speaker at the 2019 MPN Heroes ® Recognition Ceremony, Dr. David C. Fajenbaum had the chance to discuss how translational research is a vital part of getting the right treatment to patients with cancer.

Because they have been found to be effective in the treatment of many types of cancer, including melanoma, immunotherapy drugs like anti-PD-1 agents and anti-CTLA4 therapies should not be discounted because of their toxicities.

Emergency room visits are costly and take a lot of time patients with cancer don’t have, which is why the creation of a 24-hour clinic to address cancer related symptoms and treatment side effects could prove vital for patients.

Cannon McMullin was diagnosed with essential thrombocythemia at 8 years old and has remained positive through years of treatment by focusing on the things he likes to do.