Conversations about cancer, tools for coping, and living with hope
In a recent study conducted at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and published in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship (February 9, 2018) it was determined that young cancer survivors who are African American, without health insurance or who have…
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Women with breast cancer are quite often concerned about the risk of their cancer coming back, also called a recurrence. In this short video Dr. Rick Baehner, Senior Director of Pathology at Genomic Health, talks about what DCIS breast cancer patients…
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Many cancer patients feel a sense of urgency immediately after getting their diagnosis and want to jump immediately into a treatment program. In some cases they may be compelling medical reasons for getting started right away, but in most cases…
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Without a doubt cancer patients and their families are dealing with the stresses and emotional strain of their illness. Even after treatment and returning to a more normal lifestyle there can still be the challenge of coping with illness. It…
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For over a decade cancer patients have complained of difficulty with concentration and memory during chemotherapy treatments. Some survivors even experienced it well after their treatment had ended. Other complaints included persistent fatigue, depression, difficulty with multitasking, and poor sleep….
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Use of mammography for breast cancer screening has improved among foreign-born women living in the United States. However, these women are still less likely to have undergone screening than native-born American women as reported by the Fourth AACR Conference on…
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In 1931 Otto Warburg, a German physiologist and physician, conducted an important study on cancer cells that is helping scientists today to understand the effects of cancer on the human body. Warburg was one of the century’s leading biochemists and…
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Biospecimens play an important role in how scientists and physicians understand and treat cancer. Human biospecimens include tissue, blood, urine and other bodily fluids that have been collected by doctors and scientists for centuries. Each day millions of people visit…
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This week results from two clinical trial studies were released by the American Society of Clinical Oncology and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, announcing that Avastin (also called bevacizumab), a chemotherapy drug used for other types of…
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