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For My SonA father recounts how LAF and advocacy helped him move past the grief of his son's death from leukemia.
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On Guard: Gauging Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer Aids Decision MakingNew ways to find prostate cancer and gauge its aggressiveness help patients make better choices.
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A Word from Patrick Dempsey During National Ovarian Cancer Awareness MonthPatrick Dempsey discusses National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
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Suspending Judgement During Cancer TreatmentWant to support someone during cancer treatment? Offer your ear, not your opinion.
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Scanning the Horizon: Advances in Radiation Treatment for Prostate CancerNew advances in radiation treatment enable higher doses with less damage to nearby tissue.
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Axel Hoos on the ATOM InitiativeAxel Hoos, M.D., Ph.D. of GlaxoSmithKline discusses the ATOM Initiative.
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Adding Mindfulness: Innovation for an Optimal Preoperative Rehabilitation Before Lung Cancer ResectionA recent study looked at a two-week preoperative intervention for lung cancer resection that included an intervention intended for emotional balance: mindfulness.
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Finding Your Fight Mode After a Cancer DiagnosisAfter finding out she had an MPN, Barbara Abernathy, Ph.D., like many other people, felt numb. But then it was time to find her fight mode.
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Coming Back Out of the ClosetWhen healing comes from quiet corners, soft words and family moments.
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Living With Lung Cancer Amid CoronavirusAs coronavirus fears escalate, a physician with stage 4 lung cancer reflects on protecting personal health and aiding the global community.
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The Value of Testicular Self-Exams and Early Detection from the Survivorship PerspectiveThere’s been some debate in recent years about the true value and effectiveness of certain types of cancer screenings. This is, of course, a perfectly reasonable thing to be doing both in the name of advancing medical science, and especially in an environment where there's so much downward pressure on the costs of healthcare.
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Finding Life's Purpose in the Craziest CircumstancesHow much better can I help people now that I have been through it myself?
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Exploring Genetic Differences in Men's Breast CancerThe genetic differences that distinguish men’s breast cancers may lead to new diagnosis and treatment options.
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Improving Care Against All OddsAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring JOAN SUCH LOCKHART, PH.D., RN, AOCN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN [DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA]
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Managing ThrombocytopeniaCertain types of cancer treatments can result in the body having too few platelets, a condition called thrombocytopenia, which can increase the risk of bleeding.
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A Lesson About Mindset I Learned Overcoming a Less than 10% Survival RateLooking back at my experience with osteosarcoma, I realized that managing the mental game was half the battle, especially with so much negativity.
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Michael J. Mauro on Questions From Patients With CMLMichael J. Mauro, provides an overview of some of the questions he hears from patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
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Diet and Lifestyle Influences in Breast CancerReduce breast cancer risk through diet and lifestyle.
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A Beautiful Day: The Story of a Son's LossRemembering and honoring his mother’s memory, a son recalls one of her last days.
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In Sickness and in HealthIf your chair was cold, I knew you were two floors down in the NICU cradling your only child – the only one I’d be able to give you – making sure his IV and nutrition lines were also connected and beeping lively and skipping at the same beat as mine.
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Cancer Caregivers Need Extra Support During and After the COVID-19 PandemicHaving been a caregiver to my late husband who died from cancer, I know first-hand the difficulties of caregiving — not to mention what it must be like for those trying to do it during a worldwide pandemic.
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Connecting With The HeartMY WIFE passed away on Feb. 2, 2014, from a six-year battle with cancer. It is my honor to nominate one angel in particular who, in the end, became much more than a nurse to my wife.
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My Personal Cancer WarriorAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring Carol Mallon, RN, MS, OCN [ Penn State Hershey Medical Center Cancer Institute in Hershey, Pennsylvania ]
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My Extraordinary Healer Before and After Cancer TreatmentAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring Debbie Cherry, LPN [ St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee ]
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BTK Inhibitors Offer a Revolutionary Treatment of Relapsed CLL/SLLBruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors have changed the space for treating patients with CLL or SLL, with more on the way to potentially address drug resistance.
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PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK ANNOUNCES GROUNDBREAKING CLINICAL TRIAL PLATFORM TRANSFORMING DEVELOPMENT OF TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR WORLD’S TOUGHEST CANCERAdaptive Clinical Trial Design Is More Cost Effective, Patient-Centric and Allows for Faster Learning Than Standard Trials
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Study Shows Zejula's Benefit in Treating Ovarian CancerSuperior progression-free survival (PFS) was seen in patients with ovarian cancer who previously had a partial response (PR) to platinum-based therapy when they took Zejula (niraparib). This response was seen in patients with or without germline BRCA mutations, according to data from the ENGOT-OV16/NOVA trial presented at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting.
