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Summer and Skin Cancer: Staying Safe in the SunWhile the summer months are the perfect time for outdoor activities with friends and family, it is crucial to protect yourself from skin cancer.
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Cancer Care Is a Matter of OpinionsLooking back in 2018, I am so glad that we sought out the other opinions. Nerve wracking as it was, the process opened up other options we would not have known about.
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What I Do When My Doctors Don’t ListenHere are four signs of your doctor not listening and four things I do when they don't listen to me.
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Future Directions in CLL TreatmentLori A. Leslie, MD, and Hoshiyuki Iida, APN, offer closing thoughts on the future treatment landscape of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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Making a Difference: An Interview with Noelle Paul, RN, BSN, OCN, CAPANoelle Paul has time to talk on the way home from her job as an oncology surgical nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
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In the Hands of an AngelAn Extraordinary Healer article honoring LAUREN H. McMURRY, B.S.N., RN [ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE]
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Elizabeth Swisher Discusses Rucaparib's Side Effects for Patients With Ovarian CancerElizabeth Swisher, M.D., professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention Program, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, discusses the side effects of rucaparib in the ARIEL2 trial, for patients with relapsed, platinum-sensitive high-grade ovarian carcinoma.
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Diagnosing and Treating Smoldering Multiple MyelomaC. Ola Landgren provides an overview of the diagnosis and treatment of smoldering multiple myeloma.
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Supporting Teens and Young Adults Through CancerSpecialized hospital programs — with help from "The Who" rockers — support teens and young adults through cancer.
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Treating the Whole Patient"Her goal is to improve the cancer experience and management of cancer as a chronic disease, extending those efforts into survivorship."
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Through Partnership, Pancreatic Cancer Patients Gain Access to Personal Treatment OptionsA partnership between the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and Perthera, a self-described "concierge" for molecular diagnostic testing, is giving patients with this hard-to-treat cancer the ability to determine the best course of treatment.
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Addressing Unmet Needs in Differentiated Thyroid CancerBefore closing out their discussion on differentiated thyroid cancer, patients and health care professionals alike consider unmet needs in this space.
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The Fat Factor in Cancer Recurrence RiskObesity may increase the risk of cancer recurrence. Here's what you can do to counteract it.
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Learning a New Level of Gratitude as a Patient With CancerAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring PAM LOWRY, RN, B.S.N., CEN, OCN [MOFFITT CANCER INSTITUTE, TAMPA, FLORIDA]
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Double Jeopardy: Supportive Care Side EffectsWhat to do when treatments for side effects have their own side effects.
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This Oncology Nurse Is Not Just Any SuperheroAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring GLORIA McBRYDE BENTON, B.S.N., RN [FORT BELVOIR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA]
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Joe's RoomA breast cancer survivor discusses multitasking responsibilities as a mother during cancer treatment.
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My Oncology Nurse Gave Me a Birthday to RememberAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring RENEE THOMPSON, RN, OCN [ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK]
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Being Unprepared May Open The Door To Life-Changing Lessons With Stage 4 CancerMartha Carlson shares her experience of overcoming her fears and embarking on a whitewater rafting adventure despite her stage 4 cancer diagnosis.
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My Uncle Died of ThatA multiple myeloma survivor talks about how friends reacted to her diagnosis.
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Emily Johnston Discusses End-of-Life Care for Younger PatientsEmily Johnston, hematology/oncology fellow at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, discusses intensity of end-of-life care for the adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer population.
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A Millennial Writes: Why I No Longer Fear Breast CancerBreast cancer can mean a lot of things, but it no longer has to mean the worst.
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I Wasn’t ‘Just a Patient’ to My Oncology NurseMy oncology nurse has been making connections with her patients for more than 20 years. I’m forever grateful I was lucky to be her patient.
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Encouraging Fitness and FellowshipIn this essay, Honora R. Miller nominates a special oncology nurse practitioner, Joanna M. Losito, Sutter Health Palo Alto Medical Foundation–Sunnyvale Center, Sunnyvale, California, for CURE®’s 2019 Extraordinary Healer® Award.
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Early Treatment for Myelodysplastic Syndrome: Many Patients Are Missing OutMany patients with myelodysplastic syndrome are not receiving early treatment.
