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No Small Challenge: Emerging Therapies in Small Cell Lung CancerIn recent years, research in treating small cell lung cancer has broadened, bringing emerging therapies like immunotherapy to the forefront.
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Is There a Connection Between Food Preservatives and Cancer?While some research has shown that preservatives could be linked to cancer, the science is limited and contradictory.
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A Cure Is Needed for MPNs, says 12-Year-OldJaden Persaud knows firsthand how a MPN diagnosis can affect a family's life.
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Ibrance Shows Promise in Patients with Brain Metastases Who Harbor a CDK Pathway AlterationNew findings show that Ibrance has the potential to help patients with brain metastases that harbor a CDK pathway alteration.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Provides Advice for a Newly Diagnosed CML PatientKareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA Legend and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) survivor, provides advice for newly diagnosed patients with CML.
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How Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Are Equipped to Handle the COVID-19 PandemicPatients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia are at risk for the worst of COVID-19 symptoms, but going on the cancer journey has prepared them for the pandemic.
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Sunshine Act Sheds Light on Gifts to Doctors From Pharmaceutical CompaniesThe private connections between doctors and pharmaceutical companies are now public due to requirements from the Sunshine Act.
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Nubeqa Plus ADT Outperformed ADT Alone in Treating Prostate CancerAdding Nubeqa to androgen deprivation therapy improved radiographic progression-free survival in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
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Considering Weight LossThe day came when I looked in the mirror and I didn't like what I saw. Here I was 5"7', and tipping the scales at 225 lbs.
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A Calling to Help Patients With MPNsFor this MPN Hero, helping patients came naturally, she said.
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As Large As Life: Using Artificial Intelligence in Cancer CareUsing artificial intelligence to analyze huge stores of information known as big data boosts the effectiveness of cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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Caregivers: Finding the Support and Resources You NeedIn order to best care for someone else, you need to take care of yourself. If you are caring for a loved one undergoing breast cancer treatment, there is support you can turn to. In this article, you’ll find some helpful tips and resources in order to be better-equipped as a caregiver.
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What Patients With Cancer Can Learn from Savvy ShoppersDon’t people with cancer, as consumers of health care, deserve an equally personalized approach to cancer treatment as we have come to expect in other areas of our daily life?
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Treatment Breakthroughs: Immunotherapy Comes for Advanced Endometrial CancerTreatments for advanced endometrial cancer have progressed and improved with the use of immunotherapy with chemotherapy.
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Dedicated to OncologyThis essay was written by Tracey M. Hopkins nominating registered nurse Rubirosa Ison, St. Joseph’s Hospital-North, Lutz, Florida, for CURE®’s 2019 Extraordinary Healer® Award.
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Where Are the Men? BRCA Mutations and Male AwarenessBRCA mutations can lead to prostate and other cancers, and men are as likely as women to inherit them. Yet male awareness is lagging.
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Wisdom of the Crowd: Five Tips for Battling Fear of RecurrenceSurvivor and caregiver support volunteers from Cancer Hope Network get candid with one of the emotional side effects of the disease.
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The Embodiment of Caring and Support"By supporting her employees, Mary Fran (as she is known to patients and colleagues) encourages and allows us to provide high-quality care that both enhances the patient’s quality of life and maintains standards of practice and patient satisfaction," wrote Shelley Fess, M.S., RN-BC, AOCN, CRNI, VA-BC, Rochester Regional Health Lipson Cancer Institute.
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Trying AnythingFrom Cancer on $5 a Day* / *chemo not included: How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life By Robert Schimmel, with Alan Eisenstock
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How the Name Change to Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Affected People With the DiseaseA decision to rename myeloproliferative neoplasms led to a plethora of developments in a space where there was once little interest.
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Immunotherapy Pair Good for Some, Not All, With Kidney CancerYervoy plus Opdivo is a good combination for many patients with kidney cancer, though some individuals should steer clear of the regimen.
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A Geneticist Saved My LifeA geneticist I never met in person saved my life by insisting my gastroenterologist do a new colonoscopy. Had it not been for Mellissa Clarkson, I would have battled a new cancer that may have been discovered too late.
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The Search for Biomarkers in Renal Cell CarcinomaWhen asked about the future of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) treatment, one expert is hopeful about the current search, but notes that more work is needed to find a reliable biomarker for use in patients with the most common kind of kidney cancer.
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Targeted Therapy Outperforms Standard Care in Metastatic Solid CancersPatients with metastatic disease whose cancers were tested and treated for specific mutations tended to have better outcomes than those given the standard of care.
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Healing Through Art"In her retirement, Pat has found a great way to meld some of her different talents and creative abilities in addition to using her oncology skills through volunteering with cancer patients."
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The Unique Struggles of Women With Ovarian CancerFay Hlubocky, Ph.D., M.A., University of Chicago Medicine, discusses the challenges that women with ovarian cancer face that may be different than those diagnosed with other cancers.
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Lining Up New Options for GISTPatients with GIST have more treatment options than ever, with others currently under development.
