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Don’t blame yourself for your cancer, the Rev. Percy McCray says. Hope, not speculation or judgment, may help patients stay positive during their cancer journey.
There’s at least one downside to drinking grapefruit juice: You can’t have grapefruit juice when taking some prescription medications. Why? Grapefruit juice can prevent specific medications from working as designed and/or create serious side effects.
Doctors are increasingly relying on biomarkers, which help determine a patient’s overall health and/or the presence disease. Learn what biomarkers are and why they are increasingly important in cancer care.
Stem cell transplants are standard of care for cancers such as leukemia, and lymphoma. But what’s the difference between an autologous transplant and an allogeneic transplant?
The flu and some cancers share many common symptoms. Learn what to do if your flu symptoms worsen or do not get better after two weeks.
Oral medications may be more convenient than injections or infusions, but that doesn’t mean they are appropriate for all patients.
With fears growing about a rare type of cancer that has been largely linked to certain breast implants, doctors hope expanded recommendations around the diagnosis and treatment of the disease will increase awareness, and ease concerns.
Research has long supported a connection between inflammation and cancer. But what scientists are now learning is the implication inflammation may have on the relationship between psychological stress and cancer.
Once thought to be all but eliminated in the United States, measles is once again spreading in certain areas of the country. The disease may cause challenging complications in many patients, especially cancer patients and others with compromised immune systems.
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