Breast Cancer and Pain: What Patients and Survivors Need to Know

Breast Cancer and Pain: What Patients and Survivors Need to Know. Breast cancer pain can have many causes. The cancer itself, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, endocrine therapy, nerve damage,

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Cancer and Pain: What Patients Need to Know

Cancer and Pain: What Patients Need to Know. Cancer and pain often become connected in a patient’s mind. But having cancer does not necessarily mean that you will have pain—and having pain does

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Cannabinoids and Cannabis for Cancer: What the Research Says

Cannabinoids and Cannabis for Cancer: What the Research Says. Cannabinoids and cannabis are among the most widely discussed complementary therapies in cancer care. But what does the research actually show? Can

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Radiation for Breast Cancer: What Patients Need to Know

Radiation for Breast Cancer: What Patients Need to Know. Radiation therapy is an important part of treatment for many people with breast cancer. It can reduce the risk that breast cancer will return in

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Evidence-Based, Non-Conventional Multiple Myeloma Therapies: What Patients Should Know

Evidence-Based, Non-Conventional Multiple Myeloma Therapies: What Patients Should Know. What if a multiple myeloma therapy has scientific evidence behind it—but isn’t FDA-approved to treat myeloma? That

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Chemotherapy for Prostate Cancer: What Patients Need to Know

Chemotherapy for Prostate Cancer: What Patients Need to Know. Chemotherapy is not the first treatment most men think of when they hear “prostate cancer.” That is understandable. Many men with localized

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Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: What Patients Need to Know

Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: What Patients Need to Know. A diagnosis of breast cancer can quickly lead to one of the most difficult questions a patient may face: “Do I need chemotherapy?” The answer

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Radiation for Lung Cancer: What Patients Need to Know

Radiation for Lung Cancer: What Patients Need to Know. Radiation therapy is one of the most important treatments for lung cancer. Depending on the type, stage, location, and biology of the cancer, radiation

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Multiple Myeloma Side Effects: What Patients Need to Know

Multiple Myeloma Side Effects: What Patients Need to Know. Take a comprehensive look at those common side effects caused by MM itself as well as MM treatments.  A multiple myeloma diagnosis usually

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Bone Health in Multiple Myeloma: What Patients Need to Know

Bone Health in Multiple Myeloma: What Patients Need to Know. Multiple myeloma can be as much a disease of the bones as it is a disease of the blood. Bone lesions, osteoporosis, fractures, spinal compression

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Life After Breast Cancer: Long-Term Side Effects and Survivorship

Life After Breast Cancer: Long-Term Side Effects and Survivorship.  Breast cancer treatment can save your life—but finishing treatment does not necessarily mean that the effects of breast cancer treatment

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Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer: What Patients Need to Know.

Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer: What Patients Need to Know. Chemotherapy for colon cancer can be used before surgery, after surgery, or for advanced/metastatic disease. But chemotherapy is not automatically

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