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Research clearly indicates that the relationship between cancer and heart disease often appears to be causal, not just casual.
Cancer treatments, such as surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, have the potential to significantly impact your dental health.
Radiation therapy has been fine-tuned to help improve patients’ outcomes and reduce the risk of developing a secondary cancer.
Cancer researchers are optimistic that in 2024 more people will benefit from cancer breakthroughs, including research that unlocks the biology behind cancer disparities, wider access to CAR T-cell therapy and better access to clinical trials.
For a cancer patient with an upset digestive system dietitians may recommend foods that are easy to digest.
To battle hair loss caused by chemotherapy, some patients, hospitals and infusion centers are turning to cooling caps to help protect hair cells during and after treatment.
Now that there’s a less invasive, at-home test on the market that’s a viable alternative to colonoscopy, more people are asking their doctors if it’s right for them.
Most of the time, neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapies refer to chemotherapy and radiation therapy, but they can refer to other forms of treatment, too, like hormone therapy and immunotherapy.
The decision to keep a cancer diagnosis secret is not uncommon. Many patients don’t want cancer to define them as someone different than they were before.
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