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A Shift in Focus for Head and Neck Cancer TreatmentYears ago, the goal of head and neck cancer treatment was strictly focused on a cure. Now, there has been a slight change in approach to improve survival rates while preserving quality of life.
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Blue Faery Grants Liver Cancer Research AwardDr. Jinsil Seong, Professor at Yonsei University Medical College, is honored for her ground-breaking work in primary liver cancer.
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Breathing Easier: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Can Improve Function for Some With Lung CancerPulmonary rehabilitation is a medical program designed for people facing chronic lung disease. It was first implemented for patients with COPD, and since has expanded to include patients with other diagnoses such as pulmonary fibrosis and even lung cancer.
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Seven 'Sure' Ways to Get CancerOne cancer survivor looks at all the ways they might have gotten cancer, and wonders if any of those risk factors will factor into recurrence.
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Vaccine Rindopepimut Shows Benefit in Compassionate Use StudyInvestigational vaccine appears to help progression-free survival and overall survival in patients with a type of glioblastoma.
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A Potent Human Antidote to CancerAn Extraordinary Healers essay honoring Mary L. McKenney, BSN, MSN, NP [Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts]
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What Gives Patients and Loved Ones Hope?It is important that patients and their loved ones stay hopeful during the ovarian cancer journey. We asked attendees of the 2018 NOCC Annual Conference how they keep positive.
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A Breast Cancer AlphabetIn hopes of offering guidance and companionship to others, Madhulika Sikka wrote A Breast Cancer Alphabet, part memoir, part self-help book.
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Men, Cancer, and the 'S' WordWhat happens to the American man -- one who has been taught there is no hurdle he can't handle on his own -- when a challenge comes along that he can't simply fix?
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Putting A Bad Hair Day Into Perspective"Good luck, and if you can’t keep your hair, just remember it puts a bad hair day in perspective."
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Ways That People Affected by Cancer Can Earn MoneyHere, a survivor lists some alternative ways that patients with cancer or survivors in need of flexible employment can earn extra money.
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If Your Loved One has Terminal Cancer: Four Keys to Help Partners Survive the OrdealHere are four keys to surviving the ordeal – especially for partners and caregivers.
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Providing Empathy, Strength and Support for Patients with Cancer“It takes a special kind of person to be an oncology nurse,” wrote Donna Hornbuckle in her nomination essay of Julie Burris, RN for CURE®’s 2019 Extraordinary Healer® Award. "She gives the gift of time to every patient."
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Managing Work-Life Balance After Cancer TreatmentFind out what accommodations you are entitled to under the law, and what your employer may offer.
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Exciting Advances Are Coming for First-line CML TreatmentKendra Sweet, M.D., discussed the various factors that must be taken into account when prescribing first-line therapies to patients with CML, the novel studies that are paving the way for improved outcomes in patients, and the increasing likelihood for TKI discontinuation on the horizon.
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Anthracyclines for Breast Cancer? Who Needs Them?For many patients with early-stage breast cancer, these drugs provide a significant boost to disease-free survival.
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The Day That Snow Brought SunshineAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring SANTA MONICA UCLA ONCOLOGY UNIT – 4 SOUTHWEST [UCLA, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA]
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The Girls: A Family Remembers Their Two Daughters Lost to CancerWhat a force they were, those two daughters of ours: that little nine-year-old kid Valerie, gone from bone cancer and the more grown-up 37-year-old Stacy, cut off by breast cancer. When we talk of them, however, it is often with a slight grin.
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Cancer: The Ugly BreakdownYes, some days are harder than others, even though my strength has been depleted, my courage has been renewed.
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An Extraordinary Nurse Gave My Husband an 11-Year LifelineAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring SALLY DURHAM, RN [DIRECTOR OF OUTPATIENT INFUSION, FRANCES MAHON DEACONESS HOSPITAL, GLASGOW, MONTANA]
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Peer Support Helps Patients Navigate Their Cancer JourneyKatie Brown, senior vice president of survivorship and support for LUNGevity Foundation, wrote about a program for patients to gain knowledge from survivors.
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'Hoping for a Cure, Advocating for Care': COA's Patient Advocacy InitiativeCOA’s head of patient advocacy discusses the role of self-advocacy in survivorship and receiving quality, affordable, accessible cancer care.
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Living With Uncertainty as a Brain Tumor Survivor in a Changing WorldA brain tumor survivor explains how she chooses to approach life with acceptance of the hard times rather than trying to throw them away.
