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The Last Patient: Cancer Survivor Recounts Diagnosis as COVID-19 Closed Clinicians’ Doors Worldwide
December 23rd 2021On this episode of the “Cancer Horizons” podcast, a colorectal cancer survivor explains how she was the last patient to receive a colonoscopy leading to her stage 3 diagnosis as her doctor’s office shut down because of COVID-19 in March 2020.
What It Was Like to Take the Plunge And Get Acupuncture for Chemo-Induced Neuropathy
December 22nd 2021A patient with cancer writes about trying acupuncture as another potential tool to lessen the effects of chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy and offers advice for other patients on how to possibly deal with the debilitating side effect.
When Faced With Death, Live Life to the Fullest, Says a Cancer Survivor
December 21st 2021“I had to choose one of two paths, to become the victim and let the disease control me or take control of the disease and fight for my life. The moment I chose to fight was the moment life opened all of its beauty,” writes a lymphoma survivor.
Pre-Surgical Keytruda Provides Promising Advancement in TNBC Treatment
December 20th 2021Findings from a clinical trial showed that adding Keytruda to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with triple-negative breast cancer significantly improved outcomes and was overall safe and tolerable for patients.
LeVar Burton Gives ‘Voice and Visibility’ to Patients with MPNs Through Storytelling and Advocacy
December 20th 2021When storytelling becomes a part of one’s identity, it can benefit a wide group of people — such as the MPN community — to share a potentially lifesaving message, according to LeVar Burton.