More articles about: Cancer Care
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A Cure for the Medicine: Helping Patients with Gynecologic Cancer Manage Treatment Side Effects
Estrogen-lowering aromatase inhibitors are frequently prescribed to women with ovarian and uterine cancers. New research sheds light on how side effects impact these patients.
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5 Reasons Rehabilitation Care is Important After Breast Cancer
Rehabilitation care can repair and restore the body after many cancer treatments leave patients weak and fatigued.
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Keeping a Life-Limiting Side Effect from Threatening a Life-Saving Breast Cancer Treatment
For patients undergoing aromatase inhibitor treatment for breast cancer, muscle and joint pain can be a significant side effect. These tips may help manage AI treatment-related pain.
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Should You Do Self Breast Exams?
Once considered vital for early breast cancer detection, the breast self-examination is now optional for most women. A breast cancer expert explains what’s changed.
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Feeling Stressed or Down in a World with COVID? Try This Writing Tool
A new tool uses expressive writing to help cancer patients, others cope with life challenges during the coronavirus pandemic.
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Mutations: I Have a Mutation, What Are My Options?
A genetic counselor discusses decision-making for people who carry BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
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Raising Awareness in September and Beyond
Cancer awareness months offer the community a chance to improve treatments, prevention.
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Mutations: I Know I Have Cancer, What Good is Testing?
A genetic counselor discusses how genetic testing can help guide treatment decisions and well as inform preventive measures.
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Mutations: The Basics
A genetic counselor discusses the impact of these mutations and the importance of collecting family histories.
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Why You Should Continue Routine Cancer Screenings During COVID-19
The benefits outweigh the risks in locations with lower rates of the virus, experts say.
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Experts Say More People Should Get Lung Cancer Screenings, and Sooner
A Rogel Cancer Center lung doctor discusses recommendations that annual screenings start at age 50 for current and former smokers with 20 “pack years”.
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What is Advanced Cancer?
The terms can be confusing — advanced cancer, metastatic cancer, late-stage cancer, stage 4 cancer, secondary cancer, recurrent cancer. Here’s what patients need to know.
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Waiting to Dive Back In
Beating cancer and recovering from a leg amputation imposed its own form of isolation on Kara Wolter, but now, ready to get back to her lifelong love of swimming, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed new restrictions.
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The Uncertainty of a Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis
A patient with stage 4 cancer provides practical advice for others living with a similar diagnosis.
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Unconditional Love and Radical Acceptance
After receiving a rare cancer diagnosis, one local pastor says she has learned more about what unconditional love means.
