The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2018, a half million Americans will lose their lives to cancer, and 1.5 million will be diagnosed with this terrible disease. April 2018 is National Cancer Control Month. When […]
The FDA has just approved brentuximab vedotin to treat adult patients with previously untreated stage III or IV classical Hodgkin lymphoma in combination with chemotherapy, an approval that “represents an improvement in […]
The organizations listed below generously free care packages and products to cancer patients in all stages of the disease, from those who have been recently diagnosed, to those currently in treatment, […]
The term “financial toxicity” is used to describe the “objective financial burden and subjective financial distress of patients with cancer, as a result of treatments using innovative drugs and concomitant health […]
Dealing with a cancer diagnosis is never easy but thankfully there are a multitude of resources out on the market that can help make grappling with treatment easier than it would be alone. For example, the website […]
Head and neck cancers typically begin in the cells that line surfaces of areas inside of the mouth (oral cavity), nose, and throat. According to the American Cancer Society Facts and Figures, head and neck cancers represented […]
As the American Cancer Society reports, there were 1.7 million new cases of cancer in 2017 more than 15 million Americans are living today with a cancer history. Cancer is an expensive disease. Even if you have insurance […]
Regular checkups with your doctor and maintaining healthy lifestyle habits are two ways you can help prevent many cancers. Sometimes, though, a diagnosis is completely out of your control. If you are diagnosed […]
February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and there’s no better time than now to make positive changes in our life that research has shown can help us avoid certain cancers. The National Cancer Institute explains […]
Here are five critically acclaimed and award-winning books that offer support, inspiration and a dose of humor for cancer patients and families dealing with this disease. Each of these provide a poignant, memorable […]
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