A good sex life with a loving partner offers comfort, reassurance, intimacy, and caring—but it isn’t always so easy for someone during or after cancer treatment.
December 01, 2010
What role does medication play in managing fatigue? Can neuropathy from oxaliplatin therapy be effectively treated or prevented?
Assessment of pain involves more than asking patients to rate their level of pain, yet often we act as if that is all that is necessary.
Conversations that encourage patients to explore their beliefs can improve both coping strategies and disease outcomes.
These interventional oncology strategies are a new and promising group of minimally invasive alternatives to surgical resection of tumors.
Disease-specific advance care planning provides greater clarity about preferences, improving end-of-life care.
The Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Breast Cancer, published by NCCN, have been updated to affirm the existing recommendation regarding the use of bevacizumab (Avastin) for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.
Pancreatic cancer metastasizes in the later stages of tumor development, according to a study published in the journal Nature.
Lung cancer patients with a specific genetic abnormality may benefit from a new treatment drug that targets tumors, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Patients with prostate cancer who use anticoagulants that include aspirin can reduce their disease-specific mortality by almost 60%, according to a study to be presented at the upcoming ASTRO meeting.
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