How cancer and its treatments can change and challenge patients’ intimate relationships
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.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Managing cancer-related fatigue and drug-induced neuropathy
What role does medication play in managing fatigue? Can neuropathy from oxaliplatin therapy be effectively treated or prevented?
Pain: For the patient, it’s more than just another four-letter word
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.
Integrating spiritual care as part of comprehensive cancer treatment
Conversations that encourage patients to explore their beliefs can improve both coping strategies and disease outcomes.
Tumor ablation treatment: A review of modalities
These interventional oncology strategies are a new and promising group of minimally invasive alternatives to surgical resection of tumors.
DS-ACP: A care plan that goes beyond directives and proxies
Disease-specific advance care planning provides greater clarity about preferences, improving end-of-life care.
Update affirms breast cancer treatment guidelines
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.
New data define broad time window for pancreatic cancer development
Pancreatic cancer metastasizes in the later stages of tumor development, according to a study published in the journal Nature.
New treatment targets lung cancer-related proteins
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.
Aspirin may improve prostate cancer outcomes
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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