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Chemo-induced DVT aka blood clot
“Five to 25 percent of cancer patients (particularly those with metastatic disease) get blood clots. Not all of them go on to wreak havoc, but many do result in hospitalizations, pain and suffering, and
Continue readingLate Stage Side Effects- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia- Brain Damage
“However, many of these survivors develop long-term chronic health conditions, with a relatively common late effect being neurocognitive dysfunction…” Toxic chemotherapies cause so many
Continue readingMyeloma Therapy- Radiation-Induced Myelopathy- Malpractice?
“Fear of radiation-induced myelopathy – which can cause minor injuries ranging from temporary numbness, to serious complications like hemorrhaging in the spinal cord, to debilitating permanent
Continue readingMyeloma Side Effects- Mucositis, Stomatitis, Dermatitis…
“…the incidence of stomatitis is increasing because of more intensive treatment and is often a dose-limiting factor in chemotherapy…” Ever heard the terms mucositis, stomatitis
Continue readingAYA Late Effects- Painful, Expensive-
“A substantial proportion of adult survivors of (AYA cancer survivors) experienced financial hardship. Vulnerable sociodemographic status and late effects were associated with hardship.” The
Continue readingOsteonecrosis of the Jaw- More Common Than Thought
e “An analysis of Medicare data for more than 1,800 head/neck cancer patients suggests that jaw complications following radiation treatment may be more common than recognized” Osteonecrosis
Continue readingChemotherapy-induced Cardiomyopathy
The past five echocardiograms indicate that I am healing my chemotherapy-induced Cardiomyopathy. I am doing this with evidence-based, non-toxic, non-conventional therapies such as nutrition, supplementation,
Continue readingAYA Surviving Stem Cell Transplant- Therapy Plan
“AYA (and Pediatric Survivors) who undergo hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo, auto SCT) are at significant risk for long-term and late effects in survivorship.” Boy, is that an understatement.
Continue readingCardiovascular Events Due to Stem Cell Transplant
Cardiovascular events occuring after stem cell transplant have been known for years. The study linked and excerpted below gives specific risk data for the many types of cardiovascular side effects that
Continue readingMyeloma Clinical Trials Misleading
Myeloma clinical trials being misleading compared to real life outcomes should not come as a surprise to anyone. Numerous studies conclude that “stringent inclusion criteria” gives a false
Continue readingPersistent Chemotherapy‐Induced Alopecia
Persistent 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 readingAnthracycline Therapy- Late Cardiomyopathy
Our patients with early cardiac symptoms improved transiently but decompensated later and patients with no early symptoms developed cardiac symptoms more than 10 years after anthracycline therapy. Anthracycline
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