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Facing Cancer and a Pandemic at the Same Time
Cancer patients and their families share stories of fear, love and uncertainty as they find new ways to support each other.
by Jen Tota McGivney
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Virtual Connection in a Time of Social Distance
Responding to the coronavirus, patient advocates and nonprofits expand existing outreach initiatives and launch new ones.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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Your Cancer Guide
Weighing Treatment Options for Advanced CancerPatients with metastatic disease need to carefully consider risks and benefits of therapies within the context of their goals.
by Hester Hill Schnipper
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Caregiving With Confidence
Strategies for Effective CommunicationWhen families work together to provide care for a loved one, communicating can become a challenge.
by Ashley Jones
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Advocacy in Action
Leaving a LegacyTwo mothers, each with a son who died of brain cancer, worked together to increase awareness and acceptance of tumor tissue donation.
by Esther Landhuis
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Forward Look
Getting Help to Avoid Financial DistressTodd Yezefski on financial navigators.
by Sue Rochman
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Healthy Habits
Go With Your GutCan eating yogurt reduce your risk of developing lung cancer?
by Karen Olsen
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Healthy Habits
The ABCs of CBDUnderstanding of the effects of cannabidiol on cancer-related symptoms is limited.
by Bradley Jones
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Sound Advice
Spring 2020vol 10 | issue 01
Experts offer advice on getting involved with patient advocacy, expressing feelings to loved ones, and hospice care. -
Forward Look
Managing Opioid-Related ConstipationPatients may be wary of discussing this common side effect.
by Sue Rochman
Cancer Talk
Designing Clinical Trials for the Patient
Challenges in developing and studying treatments call for new ways of thinking about cancer research.
by Eric Fitzsimmons
Treating Smoldering Multiple MyelomaA monoclonal antibody drug reduced the risk of smoldering myeloma progressing to multiple myeloma in patients at high risk for disease progression.
by Sandra Gordon
Immunotherapy Improves Survival in Bladder CancerNew research indicates that adding immunotherapy to muscle-invasive bladder cancer treatment can improve event-free and overall survival.
by Laura Gesualdi-Gilmore
Cancer Patients Who Quit Smoking, Even Years After Diagnosis, Live LongerFindings from a recent study support smoking cessation after diagnosis, with the most pronounced effect in those who received treatment within six months of diagnosis.
by Kyle Bagenstose