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Telling Your Children About Inheritable Cancer Risk
Letting children know they might have a mutation that increases their risk for cancer can be a challenge for patients. Experts stress there is no right or wrong way to share the information.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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How Disability Insurers Monitor Patients Online
Companies that offer disability insurance may monitor patients' social media accounts to determine if they qualify for the benefits being received.
by Kate Yandell
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Noble Art
Art therapist and licensed clinical professional counselor Jacqueline Carmody describes how a unique art therapy program helps people affected by cancer.
by Bradley Jones
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Cancer Patient Advocates Find Strength in Numbers
Patient advocates have become a vital part of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Opportunities for advocates continue to multiply.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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Exploring Immunotherapy for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Following the approval of the first immunotherapy for breast cancer by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in March 2019, experts at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium discussed avenues for further development.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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A Switch From Intravenous to Oral Chemo?
Compared with intravenous paclitaxel, the oral form of the chemotherapy drug was associated with improved tumor shrinkage in metastatic breast cancer patients.
by Ashley P. Taylor
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Possible New Treatments for Patients With Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Studies presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium show additional treatment options.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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Avoiding Unnecessary Lymph Node Biopsy
A study adds to evidence that many patients with ductal carcinoma in situ do not need to have their lymph nodes removed.
by Cheryl Platzman Weinstock
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Encouraging Beneficial Gut Microbes
Nutritional epidemiologist Carrie Daniel-MacDougall discusses research suggesting that what patients eat affects their gut microbes—and could influence cancer immunotherapy response.
by Anna Azvolinsky
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Cancer Takes an Unequal Toll on Employment
In a study of women with breast cancer in North Carolina, those who lived in rural areas or were black were more likely than urban white women to report negative changes in their employment.
by Pamela Rafalow Grossman
Cancer Talk
Living With Your Loved One’s Prostate Cancer
Christine Ledbetter on the ways her husband’s prostate cancer affected their relationship and finding support as a caregiver.
by Christine Ledbetter
Continuing the ConversationThe AACR hosts a roundtable to ‘get real’ about cancer health disparities.
by Marci A. Landsmann
More Patients Participating in Cancer ResearchA higher proportion of cancer patients are enrolling in research studies than previously thought, but many patients lack the access needed to participate.
by Kyle Bagenstose
Immunotherapy Drug Tarlatamab Approved for Advanced Small Cell Lung CancerThe drug showed promise in treating small cell lung cancer that had progressed during or after chemotherapy.
by Laura Gesualdi-Gilmore