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What Pancreatic Cancer Is and The Risk Factors

August 7th 2015

Fear Less

June 29th 2015

A cancer diagnosis brings with it a world of fears, but living with advanced/terminal cancer puts the other fears into perspective.

Anne Katz on Young Patients With Cancer and Their Sexuality

May 9th 2015

By Anne Katz, RN, PhD

Anne Katz, RN, PhD, clinical nurse specialist, sexuality counselor, CancerCare Manitoba, discusses young patients with cancer and their sexuality.

Scanxiety With Lynch syndrome

April 28th 2015

In two weeks, I will be at Mayo Clinic undergoing my annual screening for the various Lynch syndrome-related cancers for which I am at risk.

Oncology Nurse Michelle Gervino Discusses the Importance of Caregivers

April 15th 2015

Michelle Gervino, an oncology nurse with John Theurer Cancer Center, discusses the importance of caregivers, as well as resources for both caregivers and patients.

Breathe Out, Then In: Yoga for Cancer Survivors

March 30th 2015

The reason breathing techniques are so powerful, is they can lower blood pressure, heart rate and ease tension on capillaries.

Study Finds Clues To Improve Quality of Life in Cervical Cancer Survivors

March 25th 2015

By Christina Izzo

A new study has found that a psychosocial telephone counseling intervention helps improve mood and quality of life in cervical cancer survivors.

Practicing Stress Management Improves Long-Term Mood, Quality of Life in Women with Breast Cancer

March 25th 2015

By Christina Izzo

Results of a follow up study have shown that when women were taught stress management techniques early in their breast cancer treatment, their mood and quality of life continued to improve up to 15 years later.

Breaking Point

February 25th 2015

No matter how strong we are, the intense treatments, side effects, and emotional toll of cancer can push a person to her breaking point. If you are lucky, you have someone to help guide you through it.

The Phantom Scan

February 24th 2015

After nearly four years of cancer treatment, I thought I'd experienced all possible types of scanxiety. I was wrong.

Worry, Worry, Worry

February 21st 2015

Worrying and cancer go hand-in-hand. It's possible to take a step back from excessive worrying and give yourself a break.

10 Tips for Coping with Scanxiety

February 16th 2015

Scan anxiety haunts virtually every person dealing with cancer. Here are a few tips for managing the stress.

For Some, Fear Is Not an Effective Motivator to Get Screened for Cancer

January 29th 2015

By Christina Izzo

When motivating people to get screened for cancer, fear may not be the best way to do it.

Cancer: the World's Worst Houseguest

January 13th 2015

Being diagnosed with cancer feels kind of like having a stranger barge into your home, throw everything you care about out the window, shut off the power and heat, then lock you inside … times 100.

Do You Need a Time Out from Cancer?

December 23rd 2014

The mental noise that comes with cancer is deafening. Taking cancer time-outs can quiet your anxiety.

Live in the Moment: A Lesson From Cancer. And Preschoolers.

December 17th 2014

Learning to cope with a cancer diagnosis is an ongoing process. Coming face to face with death forces one to reexamine what is really important.

After Treatment: Handling Fear of Recurrence

March 27th 2013

The uncertainty that cancer may return can be managed

Myths About the Dying Process

June 16th 2012

Patients and caregivers can only make truly informed decisions about end-of-life care when they understand the natural process of dying, says Tani Bahti, RN.

Considering the Personal and Practical Decisions with Breast Reconstruction

May 25th 2012

By Maureen Salamon

Only about a third of women undergo immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy, according to a 2011 analysis in the Annals of Surgical Oncology, with 11.5 percent delaying reconstructive surgery for months or years, and more than half of patients foregoing it altogether.