Cancer Health Summer 2018
Cancer Health Summer 2018
In every issue, you’ll find cutting-edge health information and the hottest topics of interest to people with cancer and their loved ones.
Features
Out of the Blue
How an unexpected lung cancer diagnosis reshaped Laura Greco’s world
The Stigma of Lung Cancer
Stigma affects access to treatment, research funding, public empathy and support for all people with lung cancer.
Spare Your Hair During Chemo
Scalp cooling technology can prevent hair loss caused by cancer treatment.
Leveling the Playing Field
HairToStay gives scalp cooling subsidies to people nationwide.
Editor’s Letter
Access for All
Barriers to cancer treatment access come in many forms.
Cancer News
New Options for Advanced Breast Cancer
New treatment options are available for those with breast cancer that has metastasized.
New Prostate Cancer Guidelines
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has released new prostate cancer guidelines.
Cancer Deaths Falling
The fall was largely as a result of declines in breast, colon, lung and prostate cancers.
Get Moving!
Among other benefits, exercise during cancer treatment may lower the risk of recurrence and cancer-related death.
Acupuncture for Hormone Therapy Pain
For women taking hormone therapy for breast cancer, acupuncture can help manage pain and stiffness.
Lung Cancer Breakthroughs
Checkpoint inhibitors can restore T-cell activity, but they don’t work for everyone.
Targeting Mutations
A new therapy, BLU-667, shows broad antitumor activity against cancers with a variety of RET alterations.
Basics
Is a Clinical Trial Right for You?
Joining a trial can be a good way to get promising experimental therapies, but you should carefully weigh the potential risks and benefits.
What Is Multiple Myeloma?
Outcomes are improving for this hard-to-treat blood cancer.
Voices
Right to Try Is False Hope
Karuna Jaggar is executive director of Breast Cancer Action.
Dying for Access
Kelly Shanahan, MD, is a wife, mother, daughter, doctor, woman living with metastatic breast cancer and medical director of METUP.
Diary
A Testicular Cancer Diary
Justin Birckbichler, 26, is an elementary school teacher in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the creator of the blog A Ballsy Sense of Tumor.
Your Team
Financial Peace of Mind
Megan Pienta is a licensed financial navigator at the Indiana University Health Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis.
How To
Keeping Fit During Treatment
Regular physical activity can relieve fatigue from cancer treatment.
Good Stuff
Head to Toe
Our latest favorite products to help you look and feel your best
Resources
Financial Assistance
These organizations offer financial help for a variety of issues.
Life With Cancer
Giving Hope a Chance
Tom and Kari Whitehead share how their daughter’s experience with CAR-T therapy motivated them to support research.
Survey
Paying for Cancer Care
Tell us how you manage the financial challenges of care.
Digital Edition
Cancer Health Summer 2018
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