44 Posts
December 6, 2018
Could the stress and anxiety triggered by a cancer diagnosis amount to PTSD?For some patients, the reaction to a diagnosis in the days and weeks that follow may mimic some of the signs associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), such as depression, anxiety, sleeplessness and hypervigilance. But is it really PTSD?
November 8, 2018
Building muscle is important in cancer, no matter the stageTypically, the less muscle mass an advanced cancer patient has, the lower his or her chance of surviving the disease. But new studies show early-stage cancer patients are also at risk.
May 31, 2018
10 commonly asked questions about life after breast reconstruction surgeryNo matter how prepared you are for breast reconstruction surgery, you will still have questions for your doctor in the days that follow, and you should make sure to ask them before ever leaving the hospital, experts say.
April 26, 2018
Another concern for obese patients: Fat cells may hinder chemotherapy’s impactObese cancer patients often don’t respond as well to chemotherapy as patients who are not overweight. One study may explain why.
February 13, 2018
Pain management therapies relying less on opioidsIn the midst of a deadly opioid crisis, pain management doctors are increasingly turning to other therapies to control cancer-related pain with fewer side effects.
January 30, 2018
Improving body image in the new yearCancer not only threatens patients’ physical health; for many, it changes how they thrive in their everyday environment. Here are some ways to find new joy and a reinvented sense of self in 2018.
January 23, 2018
Cancer vaccines do exist, but don't expect the impossibleSince the first vaccine for smallpox was developed by English physician Edward Jenner in 1796, vaccines have prevented a variety of devastating maladies and saved millions of lives. The World Health Organization lists 26 available vaccines—for diseases from cholera to yellow fever—and another two dozen are in development for illnesses like malaria and the Zika virus. Not on the list of diseases targeted by current or potential vaccines: cancer. In fact, despite advances in medicine, and in cancer treatment in particular, one unfortunate scientific reality is that a universal vaccine to prevent cancer will likely never be developed.
January 9, 2018
Immunotherapy treatment for breast cancer remains elusiveToday, six approved checkpoint inhibitors are being used to treat some of the most common cancers. But while patients with some types of lung, kidney, bladder and other cancers are taking these new drugs, most patients with breast cancer, the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in the United States, are still waiting.
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