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How Has Cancer Changed Your Relationship With Food?
May 17th 2020Cancer changes one’s life in ways both big and small. One, in particular, is how it changes one's relationship with food. So, CURE asked its audience how cancer changed their relationship with food and how they handle nutrition moving forward.
FDA Approves Qinlock for Patients with Pretreated, Advanced GIST
May 16th 2020The targeted drug Qinlock, which interferes with the activity of proteins that drive gastrointestinal stromal tumor, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for patients with advanced disease that has progressed despite treatment with other kinase inhibitors.
FDA Approves Opdivo-Yervoy Combination For Treatment of Metastatic NSCLC
May 16th 2020The Food and Drug Administration has approved the combination of Opdivo-Yervoy immunotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer that do not have certain genomic tumor aberrations.
Cancer Death Rates Dropped More in States That Expanded Medicaid Under Affordable Care Act
May 14th 2020The Affordable Care Act allowed states to extend Medicaid coverage to more residents with low incomes or disabilities. Cancer death rates took a bigger dive in the states that utilized this provision, a nationwide study found.
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Anxiety, Mental Health in Patients with Cancer
May 12th 2020Although many patients with cancer are concerned about leaving their house during the COVID-19 pandemic, a board-certified psychiatrist highlights that some of his patients with cancer have reported a reduction in their anxieties during the pandemic.
Infection Risks, Impact of COVID-19 in Stem Cell Transplants for Blood Cancers
May 12th 2020In the first installment of CURE®’s inaugural webinar series, “Hear from the Experts: COVID-19 & Cancer Care for Patients,” Dr. Farukh Awan addressed concerns about the possibility of developing COVID-19 or any infection after a stem cell transplant to treat a blood cancer.