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Should You Share Your Faith with Your Medical Team?For some patients, faith plays an important part in how they cope with treatment and recovery, but whether it extends to the exam room depends on many factors.
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Web Exclusive: Saving LivesOne of three finalist essays for the 2008 CURE Extraordinary Healer Award Contest.
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Sometimes, Distractions Help During Breast CancerAfter a mammogram and breast cancer scare, a Broadway show provided a welcome distraction and joy, reminding me of life's beauty.
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Caring For Those Left Behind During Treatment For CancerWhen we get cancer all the attention is focused on us, but the demands of caregiving can leave behind family and loved ones that need attention as well. Especially our children.
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Speaking Out: Taking Action Against Skin CancerPatients can pick from a growing array of treatments, from same-day- results surgery to game-changing immunotherapy, to fight the most common type of cancer.
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Rubraca May Prolong Progression-Free Survival in Patients With Ovarian Cancer With BRCA Mutations, Preliminary Results ShowThe phase 3 ARIEL4 trial evaluated Rubraca (rucaparib) versus chemotherapy in patients with ovarian cancer and a BRCA mutation who did not respond to two or more lines of chemotherapy.
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Through Thick and Thin: Monitoring Blood Clots With ETPatients with essential thrombocythemia should know the signs and symptoms of blood clots.
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When to Stop Immunotherapy Treatment for MelanomaYania Jansen, surgical trainee at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in Brussels, Belgium, discusses the possibility of stopping treatment with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for patients with melanoma.
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The Pitfalls and Promises of Diagnosing Ovarian Cancer EarlyOvarian cancer, also known as “the silent killer,” may soon be detected earlier, giving women improved survival rates, with the recognition of specific early warning signs which including abdominal pain, abdominal bloating, urinary urgency or frequency, pelvic and lower back pressure, loss of appetite or feeling full quickly and abnormal vaginal bleeding.
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Finding Your PATHS and Addressing Sexual HealthA free online pilot program helps people with cancer and their partners work through sexual health and fertility obstacles.
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Survivorship's Gift to a Mother and SonIn the midst of all of the things that tie us together, it’s been what many would consider the most challenging shared experience a mother and son can have – facing and surviving cancer – that has been a defining feature of our relationship and ultimately one of the most overwhelming blessings of life.
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How One Oncology Nurse Exhibits the Best of HumanityAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring TARA CHRISTION, B.S.N., RN [BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT GROUP OF GEORGIA, ATLANTA]
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Implementing a Mobile Lung Cancer Screening UnitMellisa Wheeler, director of Disparities at the Levine Cancer Institute, discusses how her team came to recognize the need for a mobile lung cancer screening unit.
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Jason R. Gotlib on JAK Inhibitors for the Treatment of MyelofibrosisJason R. Gotlib discusses JAK inhibitors for the treatment of patients with myelofibrosis.
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Using Body Composition to Dose Cancer TreatmentGrant Williams, M.D., clinical instructor and research fellow at UNC Lineberger Cancer Center, discusses the potential of using body composition to better dose cancer treatments such as chemotherapy.
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Restoring My Faith in Medicine — and HumanityAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring MASSEY NEMATOLLAHI, RN, M.SC.N., OCN, CON(C) [CLINICAL COORDINATOR, ONCOLOGY CLINICAL TRIALS, ADJUNCT CLINICAL APPOINTEE, LAWRENCE S. BLOOMBERG FACULTY OF NURSING — UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, STRONACH REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE AT SOUTHLAKE, NEWMARKET, ONTARIO, CANADA]
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Jasmine Martin Discusses Oral AdherenceJasmine Martin, Director, West Region Medical Science Liaison Team, Takeda Oncology, discusses oral adherence.
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With Cancer, It's Either Laugh or CryAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring Liana (LI) Minarsky, LPN [ Eastern Connecticut Oncology and Hematology in Norwich, Connecticut ]
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Sumul Raval Tells Patients With GBM, "I'm Your Quarterback"Sumul N. Raval, M.D., founder and director of the Zocchi Brain Tumor Center at Monmouth Medical Center and 2016 GBM hero, tells his patients, "I'm your quarterback."
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"Hey, Cancer, You In There?""If cancer wants to come after me again, it better be ready to fight!"
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Hope Personified: My Tour Guide on My Path to Being a Cancer Survivor"Cancer is a journey — many use that expression. Well, I do not like this 'journey,' but I adore my tour guide, Ann Puglisi, RN, OCN, an oncology nurse at Kellogg Cancer Center in Evanston, Illinois,” wrote Lori Jaffee.
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MF Progression to Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Subsequent TreatmentBefore closing out their program on myeloproliferative neoplasms, Rami Komrokji, MD, and Ruben Mesa, MD, discuss the potential for progression of MF to acute myeloid leukemia and highlight key treatment strategies.
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The Best Policy to Eliminate Barriers to CareRegulation changes could eliminate barriers to potentially lifesaving CAR-T cell immunotherapy for patients covered by Medicare or Medicaid.
