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Dry Mouth After Radiation Therapy: Managing Radiation-Induced Xerostomia
Xerostomia, or oral dryness, is one of the most common complaints experienced by patients who have had radiotherapy of the oral cavity and neck region. What Is Radiation-Induced Xerostomia? Radiation-induced
Continue readingGot Myeloma? Chemotherapy is toxic- less is more
Got Myeloma? Chemotherapy is toxic- less is more. No matter what cancer you have, solid tumor or blood cancer, the more chemotherapy you undergo, the greater your risk of adverse events. Common side
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma Chemotherapy Regimens
Multiple Myeloma Chemotherapy Regimens In my experience, newly diagnosed Multiple Myeloma (NDMM) patients take their oncologist’s recommendations for a given chemotherapy regimen as immutable. That
Continue readingMyeloma- Low Neutrophils aka Leukopenia- Help!
First, “neutrophils” are while blood cells. “leukopenia” is occurs when a person’s white blood cells drop during chemo for your multiple myeloma. Hi David-My induction chemo for my recent multiple
Continue readingRadiation-induced- Dermatitis, Dysphagia, CIPN, RILP
I’ve written about my cancer, multiple myeloma, since launching PeopleBeatingCancer.org in June of 1994. I began to research and write about my more obvious long-term and late side effects, such
Continue readingPediatric Cancer- Chemo-Induced Heart, Brain
“Eight of 10 pediatric cancer survivors had abnormal findings on brain, heart, and bone images, including six patients with and two patients without clinical symptoms.” Though the study linked
Continue readingChemo, Radiation-induced Muscle Atrophy
“Peripheral neuropathy can be part of a paraneoplastic syndrome accompanying the disease but more commonly is a consequence of treatment with neurotoxic therapies, and produces sensory, motor, autonomic
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma Chemotherapy- Carfilzomib Cardiotoxicity
“…this study monitored patients for predictors of CVAEs and found a greater incidence, with 51% of (multiple myeloma treated w/ CFZ) patients experiencing CVAEs, including heart failure, hypertension,
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma Side Effects- Chemotherapy-Induced Nerve Damage
Acupuncture is an effective intervention for treating chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy and improving patients’ quality of life and experience with neurotoxicity-related symptoms with longer
Continue readingOmega-3s-Enhance Chemotherapy
“Our study suggests that EPA and DHA (fish oil) induce selective cytotoxic effects in Multiple Myeloma and increase sensitivity to bortezomib” I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM) in
Continue readingCryotherapy Reduces Peripheral Neuropathy?
“The condition (CIPN) can cause pain, numbness, and tingling, affect quality of life and often result in treatment delays, (to multiple myeloma patients) reduced treatment doses, or treatment discontinuation..” Peripheral
Continue readingMyeloma Induction Chemotherapy- VGPR- What Next?
“It would be logical to think that a complete response (CR) or Very Good Partial Remission (VGPR) status translated into a longer overall survival…” Dear Cancer Coach- My Mom had been
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