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Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive cancer with a miserable 5 year survival rate. I talk to pancreatic cancer patients and caregivers who are desperate to find therapies to manage their pancreatic cancer. I believe that I have been able to manage my...
You have been diagnosed with cancer. You have heard that you should eat more fruits and veggies but you don't know what, when or how. The two studies excerpted and linked below give you insight into what nutrition you should focus on and which...
It is a fact that radiation damages bones. In addition, oncology does not spend time talking about or studying side effects of cancer therapies. As a cancer patient you need to understand this. For any cancer. Therefore, it only makes sense that a...
If you are diagnosed with cancer, any cancer, your first goal is to reach remission. Become cancer free. The problem is that many cancers return. The challenge then is to stay in remission. While this study is only a mouse study, and mice are not...
HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer
"Human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive...
I have dry mouth from radiation to my fifth cervical vertebra. I underwent local radiation in 1994. I am a survivor of multiple myeloma. While I consider my dry mouth to be mild compared to other cases of dry mouth, I do have receeding gums and...
While great strides against acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have been made over the last 20 years, it is important to understand the possible side effects of toxic chemotherapy, especially on kids with their whole lives ahead of them.
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This is an excellent article that all men considering either therapy should read. Even men who are just learning about prostate issues should read this article. There is never a right or wrong answer for any cancer therapy. It all depends on you and...
I have been a cancer survivor since '94 and I the debate about chemo-brain has been around for as long as I can remember. Survivors to varying degrees, complain of impaired brain function following chemo and radiation and physicians and researchers...