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Treating Cancer's UnknownProviders spend a great deal of their time treating cancer, but how much time is being spent treating the patient?
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Do Well-Meaning Friends of People With Cancer Always Mean Well?A cancer diagnosis can sometimes stop a friendship in its tracks.
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The Force Is Strong With Cancer Survivors: Joining My Rebel AllianceWhen I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, I envisioned myself in a galaxy far, far away. Just like any well-trained Jedi, I fought back when insurance denied my claim for doctor-recommended treatment.
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Ask an Expert: How Do PARP Inhibitors Work?PARP inhibitors are generating a lot of excitement in the field of ovarian cancer. But how, exactly, do they work? CURE spoke with one expert to find out.
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Colorectal Cancer Patients Should Not Assume that Care is UnavailablePeople experiencing gastrointestinal symptoms or delays in colorectal cancer care should address these questions with their care team.
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My Oncology Nurse Is a Soul HealerAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring MARJORIE CASTO THEILIG, RN-BC, B.S.N. [MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER AT COOPER, VOORHEES TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY]
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Ishwaria Mohan Subbiah on Older Patients Enrolled in Clinical TrialsIshwaria Mohan Subbiah, a physician at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses elderly people on clinical trials.
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Focusing on Improving Depression in HNC SurvivorsAs cancer survivors are living longer thanks to new treatments, it is essential that health care providers and researchers put more focus on depression.
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Pancreatic Cancer Survival Rates Lower in Real World Versus Clinical TrialsIn the analysis, there was as much as a 92 percent difference in median overall survival (OS) seen between patients treated in randomized controlled trials and "real world" data.
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My Extraordinary HealerWe are all healers of the world no matter who we are. We are here because we can make a difference.
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When Treating Your Skin Cancer, Protect Your PetsCreams containing the chemotherapy 5-fluorouracil can be fatal to animals, the FDA warns.
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Trial Run: What You Need to Know About Clinical Trials in CanadaClinical trials offer a chance to try experimental treatments and move the state of science forward. Here’s what patients need to know.
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Ethan Zohn: Cancer Treatment is "A Marathon, Not a Sprint"“Survivor: Africa” winner Ethan Zohn details his journey with cancer and discovering that it isn’t a sprint, but a marathon.
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What Factors Play a Role in Determining Optimal First Line Treatment for Patients With CLLThere are three things that should be considered when deciding what is the optimal treatment in the first line setting for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to Dr. Mazyar Shadman.
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Redefining Success After Breast CancerBreast cancer was one of the best things that ever happened to me – and I never want it again. Now I am cancer-free and living a more fulfilling life than before the illness. Here are 10 insights and experiences from my cancer journey that continue to sustain me professionally and personally.
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Promoting BRCA AwarenessDespite living in a pink world, genetic testing is important for all genders to assess individual and family risk.
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Diana Gordon on Dealing With Insurance CompaniesDiana Gordon, RN, MSN, CPNP, CPON, Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and one of our 2016 Extraordinary Healer Award finalists, discusses dealing with insurance companies.
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How Patients with Cancer and Survivors Can Maintain Good Sleep Hygiene Through the COVID-19 PandemicSleep is important to everyone, especially for patients with cancer as they recover from treatment. But as many people are currently learning, rest is sometimes hard to come by while navigating the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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Juergen Klenk on the Cancer XPRIZEJuergen Klenk of Deloitte Consulting discusses their partnership with the XPRIZE foundation to build a cancer XPRIZE competition.
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A Paradigm Shift in the Treatment of Early-Stage Lung Cancer May Be Leading to More CuresInstead of waiting until the disease has progressed, researchers have begun analyzing the effects of using immunotherapy before or after surgery in patients with early-stage lung cancer. The results, according to experts, may be transformative for patients.
