Side Effect Management

Health-related quality of life among patients with stage 3 melanoma was not significantly affected after receiving postsurgical Keytruda or placebo.

Cancer-related fatigue is felt physically, mentally and emotionally, which can significantly affect one’s quality of life.

Although early palliative care may not increase quality of life short term, it can help with coping skills in patients with advanced cancers.

Fatigue is a common side effect that may linger for years following cancer treatment. Experts and survivors talk about ways to help find a balance between life and fatigue.

Researchers investigated the incidence of moderate to severe side effects for patients being treated with a combination of TKI and immunotherapy.

Patients with cancer who did 20-minute guided mindful breathing tended to have a more significant decrease in cancer-related pain and anxiety.

Cancer-related fatigue guidelines from 2024 explained which interventions help manage the side effect and explain why certain medications may not be helpful.

Walking up and down the street a few times a day can help prevent patients with kidney or bladder cancers from becoming deconditioned.

Interventions, such as speech therapy, after receiving radioactive iodine treatment for thyroid cancer may help manage quality of life.

Revised guidelines also recommend mindfulness-based programs, yoga, acupressure and more to ease cancer-related fatigue.

A physical therapist offers tips and exercises that can help patients with cancer who experiencing difficulty walking from either the disease or its treatments.

A doctor explains how oncology palliative care can be lifesaving for patients with cancer.

Questions about whether scalp cooling is painful and how long sessions last were answered by an expert during an interview with CURE®.

For certain patients with cancer, scalp cooling to reduce chemotherapy-related hair loss may be a beneficial option.

We asked oncology experts what questions patients should ask their doctors soon after receiving a cancer diagnosis. This is their advice.

I get upset when I read something thinking it’s true and then find out later it isn’t, especially when it’s something important regarding cancer or lymphedema.

With breast neurotization after receiving a mastectomy, breast cancer survivors may be able to mitigate post-mastectomy chest numbness over time.

Patients can seek a licensed acupuncturist who may be able to help with hot flashes and other endocrine-related side effects, an expert said.

A computer model may help predict which patients with breast cancer are more likely to experience neuropathy from taxane therapies.

For survivors who had received cisplatin chemotherapy, an expert advised routine hearing checks and wearing earplugs in loud places to maintain hearing.

One expert explained the common side effects at every line of treatment for metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer during the CURE® Educated Patient® Metastatic Breast Cancer Summit.

Summer is time to pay particular attention to skin issues, including for patients with cancer undergoing treatments.

When my sister experienced nausea and vomiting during her Hodgkin lymphoma treatment, we tried alternatives that seemed to help.

An Alzheimer’s drug did not have an effect on cognitive function in breast cancer survivors. However, one researcher noted reasons why there is still hope.

After seeing how palliative care helped me through cancer, I now advocate for these services to other patients.

As up to 42% of patients with cancer may be using cannabis, one expert spoke to CURE® to separate cannabis myths from reality.

Before patients receive Enhertu for HER2-positive solid tumors, it’s important to know about the potential side effects.

For patients with lymphoma or multiple myeloma, speaking up about symptoms of cytokine release syndrome can be lifesaving.

A cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia may help cancer survivors, along with ways to manage insomnia via sleep pressure, an expert told CURE®.

The blood pressure medication enalapril did not prevent cardiotoxicity among patients with cancer being treated with chemotherapy.