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Childhood Lymphoma as well as other pediatric blood cancers, are curable. However, the cure comes at a price of a lifetime of long-term and late stage side effects. I am a long-term survivor of a blood
Continue reading“Watching and waiting is still reasonable for patients with follicular lymphoma of all varieties because, while we are watching and waiting, clinical trials are ongoing, developing newer and better
Continue reading“Lenalidomide (Revlimid) plus rituximab (Rituxan) is a feasible combination that is also safe and active, as initial and maintenance therapy for patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL)” The
Continue reading“…but the investigators wrote that this study confirmed the continual risk of secondary cancer beyond 25 years after a diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma…” The study isn’t talking
Continue reading“It is possible that cytotoxic treatment per se may promote transformation10)”. Suffice to say that you have been through the blood cancer wringer. And lived to talk about it. I am impressed. Hi
Continue reading“Curcumin is the pigment of turmeric, a well-known chemopreventive agent that has been shown to suppress the proliferation of a wide variety of tumor cells, including lymphoma…” Years
Continue readingPersistent Chemotherapy‐Induced Alopecia, permanent hair loss, can happen. When I had chemotherapy, I lost all my hair. But eventually it grew back. According to the research linked below, there are
Continue readingAccording to the research linked and excerpted below, doxorubicin (dox) increases breast cancer risk for AYA and adult cancer survivors. It’s important to stress that side effects are common for
Continue readingThere is no other way to say it. The chemotherapy doxorubicin is cardio-toxic. Meaning, if you are a cancer patient undergoing DOX, you will damage your heart. The damage may show up immediately or not
Continue readingTreatment-related secondary cancer is a little discussed but every present side effect of just about every conventional cancer therapy. When I read the article linked below I was inspired to post about
Continue readingRadiation-induced lumbosacral plexopathy can result when radiation, used in the treatment of various neoplasms, is directed toward management of abdominal and pelvic malignancies. I was diagnosed with
Continue readingDo myeloma patients & caregivers think differently? According to the study linked below- yes, they do. I’ve been both a cancer patient and a caregiver (for my mom in assisted living). Believe
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