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$200,000 V Scholar Grant Awarded for Research Related to Blood Cancers

I vaguely knew what lymphedema was, and assumed it was something that only happened to breast cancer patients. But you know what they say about making assumptions.

Meeting others, learning tips, hearing from docs: breast cancer patients have it all when they get together.

Lymphedema can occur years after cancer, but exercise and lymphatic massages can help relieve symptoms.

While some high-risk patients with mantle cell lymphoma may benefit from aggressive initial therapy, a recent study found that this may not be necessary for others who could benefit from more targeted therapies.

I began to develop a daily routine to aid me in my life-long effort to keep cancer from returning – or at the very least, to give me some tools for coping.

Total of $225 Million Awarded for Cancer Research

Meeting combined exercise guidelines improved quality of life in kidney cancer survivors; however, few individuals reported that they actually follow such guidelines.

Cancerland is a frightening place to be for days, weeks, months and yes, even years. Turn that worry into something positive; reach out and be kind today and every day forward.

Outwardly, you start to look like your old self again while inside you're still licking the wounds of your cancer battle.

The Food and Drug Administration approved Imbruvica plus Gazyva for treatment-naïve patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL).

In the years that followed, when I recalled something, it was placed in my life timeline as either before or after cancer.

One expert discusses how cancer and its treatments can have many lasting side effects on patients, from depression to peripheral neuropathy.

I keep fumbling and dropping lids to water bottles and other items. When I climb the stairs to my apartment, I often feel like I am going to fall backwards and grab the rail. If I go out in the cold air, my fingers tingle for hours afterwards. What in the world is wrong with me?

Nearly 90 percent of women experienced sexual dysfunction; however, providers were not openly communicating about this side effect, according to survey results.

Certain factors – such as diastolic blood pressure and fasting insulin – were found to be associated with renal cell carcinoma.

Full-day event to educate, inform and challenge how patients worldwide think about breast cancer.

When a conversation about breast cancer is overheard, should a survivor step in and offer advice, or just walk away?

African-Americans who received a racially matched liver had better survival outcomes compared with unmatched patients, according to a review of national data.

Sometimes cancer can feel like a prison sentence.

Loneliness may play a key role in an individual’s social constraints following a cancer diagnosis and its treatment, which in turn, may worsen symptom burden, according to recent research.

Many federal employees and their dependents may be anxious about paying their medical bills.

My genetic counselor told me that saving a blood sample allows you to designate access to it by family members for genetic testing for hereditary cancers years down the road. You can make a difference to help loved ones.

23andMe received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for a genetic health risk report on a hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome, according to the genetics company.

Penn Medicine launches program that allows people with brain tumors to access remote medical plans.

I'll look less like a woman, but I'll feel more like one.

A man with glioblastoma has received Gliovac (ERC1671) under legislation allowing for the terminally ill to try experimental drugs that have passed preliminary FDA testing.

I am a person who always was able to sleep and would generally be out before my head ever hit the pillow. Now I found myself tossing and turning for hours at a time.

There is a flood of information available about genetic tests for cancer risk in the media, and even at community events, such as health fairs and senior centers. If these promotions have caught your attention and you are considering testing, there is important information that you should know first.

Here’s a resource for what FDA decisions mean – and how they affect patients.