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Does a Healthy Gut Fight Cancer?
Does a healthy gut fight cancer? Yes. Does oncology know how? Not really. The studies linked and excerpted below explain the current understanding as of 2024. I am a long-term cancer survivor. Living
Continue readingCardio-Oncology & the Cancer Survivor
The article titled “Cardio-Oncology…” linked and excerpted below displays its perspective from its very first sentence. The relationship between cardiotoxic chemo and cancer patients’
Continue readingPre-cancers- DCIS, Polyps, PSA, Mole, etc.
Pre-cancers are all about risk. That is to say, a diagnosis of a type of pre-cancer is a diagnosis that tells you that your risk of that type of cancer has increased. The diagnosis says nothing about getting
Continue readingAYA Cancer- Mental Therapies
AYA cancer survivors have more severe depression and anxiety than non-cancer survivors? Gee, remarkable findings. You mean that after living with short, long-term and late stage side effects AYA cancer
Continue readingGenetic Cancer Risk
What is your genetic cancer risk? Or to put this question another way, do your genes pre-dispose you to a specific type of cancer? Yes, genetics can play a role in predisposing a person to cancer. Certain
Continue readingPandemic Cancer Cases Decline
Is cancer really cancer if it is not diagnosed? According to the studies linked below, cancer diagnoses declined during the pandemic. So that means cancer cases declined…Right? Of course it’s
Continue readingWhat is cancer “Remission”?
What does the term “remission” mean to cancer patients? I ask this because people who live with my cancer, multiple myeloma, are in and out of remission for their entire lives. The technical
Continue readingTesticular Cancer? Read This-
Testicular cancer is rare and largely curable type of cancer. I write about the short, long-term and late stage side effects of cancer frequently. But I have rarely written about the side effects of testicular
Continue readingEarly-Onset Cancer- Survivors, Self-Mgmt?
Early-onset cancer diagnoses, defined as cancer occurring in people ages 18-49, has increased more than 79% since 1990. Deaths due to these early-onset cancer diagnoses rose 27.7% since 1990. According
Continue readingCancer-Related Fatigue- Therapies
Cancer-related fatigue or the severe fatigue that often results from chemotherapy and/or radiation is a direct result of the therapy prescribed to kill your cancer. Your oncologist prescribed therapies
Continue readingThe Latest Breakthroughs in Cancer Research: A Hopeful Future for Patients
Cancer is still a leading cause of death, but scientists are working hard to find better ways to treat and prevent the disease. In this article, we’ll look at some of the most promising breakthroughs
Continue readingBlack Cancer Survivors- Chemo Heart Failure
Black cancer survivors develop chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy (CIC) much more often than other cancer survivors according to the study linked and excerpted below. If you are African-American and are
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