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Keeping Faith After a Sarcoma Diagnosis
After receiving a diagnosis of stage 3 sarcoma, one survivor proves that anything is possible.
Bladder Cancer Treatment May Negatively Impact Patients’ Psychosocial Well-being
Intravesical therapy for patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer was found to have an impact on patients’ social, emotional and physical health.
Why Isn’t Sunscreen Marketed to Men?
“There is every reason sunscreen can be promoted on what it does in its ability to reduce your risk of skin cancers over its cosmetic application to prevent the signs of aging,” writes a melanoma survivor.
Vietnam Veteran Discusses Agent Orange Exposure and Bladder Cancer
In this episode of the “CURE® Talks Cancer” podcast, a cancer survivor who served in the Vietnam War shares the story of his Agent Orange exposure and bladder cancer.
Multiple Lifestyle Exposures May Be the ‘Smoking Gun’ to Early Onset Colorectal Cancer
Lifestyle exposures may be interconnected to the increase in early onset colorectal cancer cases.
FDA Warns Patients With Myeloma About Pepaxto: Drug Increased Death Rates in Clinical Trial
Patients with myeloma who are receiving Pepaxto should discuss the potential risks and benefits of continued treatment with the drug.
Molar Pregnancy Survivor Shares Her Rare Cancer Story
It wasn’t just a miscarriage, it was a rare type of cancer called choriocarcinoma.
Opdivo Regimen Pulled for Liver Cancer Treatment
Opdivo was granted an accelerated approval for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, but the indication was pulled after follow-up data failed to show that the agent improved survival over another drug.
Navigating Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Diagnosis and Staging
Although CLL follows a different staging format than other cancer types, diagnosing the disease properly can open the doors for more effective treatment and management strategies.
‘Treadmill of Survivorship’ With a Supportive Oncology Nurse
A patient with ovarian cancer details the compassion she experienced with her oncology nurse even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy May Be the 'Ticket' For Inflamed Lymph Nodes
An ovarian cancer survivor shares her experience receiving a radiation treatment on her lymph nodes.
Training for a Marathon: Managing Health After an MPN Diagnosis
Maintaining health before and after a diagnosis of myeloproliferative neoplasms could help patients as they undergo treatment.
Researchers Identify Biomarker to Predict Immunotherapy Response in Patients With Breast Cancer
The Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II protein has potential to predict immunotherapy benefit in two types of breast cancer.
Novel App Informs Patients With Cancer of Unknown Primary
An online tool developed by oncologists for this rare diagnosis individualizes survival estimates, resulting in candid discussions and better decision-making.
Giving Hope: Research on Rare Head and Neck Cancer Treatment Options
Study findings from China show that a new treatment option improves survival outcomes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, but can U.S. populations expect similar results?
Searching For My Cancer Words
“Each of us has our own way of marking what cancer brings to our lives, sometimes in a simple three-letter word,” writes a woman with breast cancer.
Pain Management Has Worsened for Patients With Late-Stage Cancer
Fewer opioids have been prescribed, but there have been more emergency room visits for pain in patients with cancer who have poor prognoses.
Adolescents With Cancer Get Psychosocial Support From Healthy Peers in Innovative Program
Assigning healthy classmates to accompany patients with cancer in their peer group to hospital visits had a positive impact on the patients’ social and emotional wellbeing.
FDA Approves Keytruda/Chemo for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
The approval of the immunotherapy agent “has the potential to change the treatment paradigm” in high-risk, early-stage TNBC.
Reducing Alcohol Consumption Leads to a ‘Plethora of Health Benefits’ Including Decreased Risk of Cancer, Expert Says
Most people who consume alcohol are unaware that it increases their risk of receiving a diagnosis of cancer, according to an expert.
Women With Diabetes May Face Increased Kidney Cancer Risk
Post-menopausal women may be at an increased risk for kidney cancer if they are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Common Questions on Medical Marijuana
An expert discusses the most common reasons his patients ask him about medical marijuana.
Cancer Remission: Time to Breathe Again
A survivor of prostate cancer celebrates the news that his cancer has not spread and describes how remission has made him feel.
Lifting Weight Off of Patients’ Shoulders
Three different people describe similar experiences with someone who stands alongside them during their journeys.
Patients With Blood Cancer Less Likely to Produce COVID-19 Antibodies After Vaccination
About 25% of patients with blood cancer did not produce antibodies after being vaccinated against COVID-19.
Music Leads to Lung Cancer Awareness
"Hildy’s creative energy in founding and nurturing Upstage Lung Cancer has made many more people aware of the disease," one man writes.
Like a Vessel
A breast cancer survivor writes a poem about feeling adrift after treatment.
Childhood Cancer Survivor Becomes Oncology Nurse and Hero
A mother credits her son’s oncology nurse for saving his life and their entire family with her smile, grace and endless commitment.
A Huge Heart for Patients With Lung Cancer
A patient with small cell lung cancer nominates writes about the woman who connected her to others with the same diagnosis.
Imperfection After Breast Cancer
A stage 2 breast cancer survivor uses poetry to reflect on her views about her changing body after a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiation.