Survey Sheds Light on Why Some Use Cannabis After Stem Cell Transplant
June 13th 2018Nearly 20 percent of hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) survivors reported using cannabis, not just to ease physical and emotional side effects, but in the hopes that it would help treat their cancer, according to patient survey results presented at the 2018 of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.
By Taking Survey, Those With Breast Cancer Can Help Pink Fund Offer Financial Resources
June 1st 2018The group is seeking 1,000 people, diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 40, to complete an online survey about how the journey affected them financially. The survey will support the organization’s efforts to bring more benefits to patients in need.
Type of Health Insurance and Marital Status Affect Outcomes in Liver Cancer
February 12th 2018People treated for liver cancer at an inner-city hospital experienced better survival odds if they had private health insurance, and also if they were married, according to the results of a recent study that considered how socioeconomic factors affect health outcomes for those with the disease.
Improving Online Education Empowers Patients With Neuroendocrine Tumors
February 4th 2018But just what information is most useful to patients with NETs, and where are the gaps in the educational and supportive resources to which they have access? A study – presented at the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium on Jan. 19, in San Francisco – explored just that.
Jimmie Holland Never Stopped Working in the Field She Founded, Psychosocial Oncology
January 8th 2018Holland, who worked until the end of her life in the field she was largely responsible for founding, had served, since 1989, as the Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), in New York.
Cannabis Oil Use: Growing Phenom Appears Safe, Helpful in Brain Cancer
December 1st 2017After tracking the progress of about 20 patients with brain cancer who used cannabis, a neuro-oncologist found that the substance caused them no harm, had few side effects and did not interfere with conventional treatments.
Immunotherapy Techniques Are Being Explored in Gliomas
November 20th 2017Immunotherapies are largely unavailable to patients with brain cancer, but many of these approaches are being studied both in labs and in clinical trials, and there is hope that they will eventually play a role in the treatment of gliomas.