General Tips
Understanding the Goals of Cancer Treatment with Chemotherapy
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, your healthcare team may have prescribed chemotherapy as part of your treatment plan. The goals of treatment with chemotherapy will depend largely on the type and stage of your cancer. If you’re currently undergoing or about to begin treatment with chemotherapy, you may want to understand the goals of your prescribed therapy.
What Every Woman Should Know About Cancer Screening
Over the past several decades, long-term cancer survival rates have been on the rise. These improved outcomes are largely credited to screening measures for certain types of cancers.
Learning About Financial Solutions for Cancer Patients
Understanding the many financial issues that accompany a cancer diagnosis is an important part of managing your cancer and experiencing the best outcomes—in terms of both health and general well-being. Learning how to effectively handle your medical expenses will lessen money-related worries as well as ensure that you’re able to access the best care. To help you along your journey, Cancerconsultants.com has partnered with Fifth Season Financial Corp to launch the Financial Resource Center.
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Leukemia - AML Tips
Understanding the Goals of Cancer Treatment with Chemotherapy
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, your healthcare team may have prescribed chemotherapy as part of your treatment plan. The goals of treatment with chemotherapy will depend largely on the type and stage of your cancer. If you’re currently undergoing or about to begin treatment with chemotherapy, you may want to understand the goals of your prescribed therapy.
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Leukemia
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Leukemia: What You Should Know About the Risk of a Low White Blood Cell Count
As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells it finds in the body, particularly cancer cells because they multiply quickly. However, chemotherapy can't differentiate between cancer cells and other rapidly dividing healthy cells, such as bone marrow cells. As a consequence, many chemotherapy patients, especially older patients, experience a drop in the levels of their blood cells, including their infection-fighting white blood cells. This may lead to the patient's chemotherapy being stopped or reduced until the white blood cell count recovers enough to resume treatment, which can give cancer cells a chance to grow. A low white blood cell count, a condition called neutropenia, may also increase a patient's risk of infection, which can lead to delays in treatment, or hospitalization.
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Breast Cancer Tips
Understanding the Goals of Cancer Treatment with Chemotherapy
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, your healthcare team may have prescribed chemotherapy as part of your treatment plan. The goals of treatment with chemotherapy will depend largely on the type and stage of your cancer. If you’re currently undergoing or about to begin treatment with chemotherapy, you may want to understand the goals of your prescribed therapy.
What Every Woman Should Know About Cancer Screening
Over the past several decades, long-term cancer survival rates have been on the rise. These improved outcomes are largely credited to screening measures for certain types of cancers.
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
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Cervical Cancer Tips
Understanding the Goals of Cancer Treatment with Chemotherapy
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, your healthcare team may have prescribed chemotherapy as part of your treatment plan. The goals of treatment with chemotherapy will depend largely on the type and stage of your cancer. If you’re currently undergoing or about to begin treatment with chemotherapy, you may want to understand the goals of your prescribed therapy.
What Every Woman Should Know About Cancer Screening
Over the past several decades, long-term cancer survival rates have been on the rise. These improved outcomes are largely credited to screening measures for certain types of cancers.
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
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Leukemia - CLL Tips
Understanding the Goals of Cancer Treatment with Chemotherapy
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, your healthcare team may have prescribed chemotherapy as part of your treatment plan. The goals of treatment with chemotherapy will depend largely on the type and stage of your cancer. If you’re currently undergoing or about to begin treatment with chemotherapy, you may want to understand the goals of your prescribed therapy.
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Leukemia
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Leukemia: What You Should Know About the Risk of a Low White Blood Cell Count
As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells it finds in the body, particularly cancer cells because they multiply quickly. However, chemotherapy can't differentiate between cancer cells and other rapidly dividing healthy cells, such as bone marrow cells. As a consequence, many chemotherapy patients, especially older patients, experience a drop in the levels of their blood cells, including their infection-fighting white blood cells. This may lead to the patient's chemotherapy being stopped or reduced until the white blood cell count recovers enough to resume treatment, which can give cancer cells a chance to grow. A low white blood cell count, a condition called neutropenia, may also increase a patient's risk of infection, which can lead to delays in treatment, or hospitalization.
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Colorectal Cancer Tips
Understanding the Goals of Cancer Treatment with Chemotherapy
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, your healthcare team may have prescribed chemotherapy as part of your treatment plan. The goals of treatment with chemotherapy will depend largely on the type and stage of your cancer. If you’re currently undergoing or about to begin treatment with chemotherapy, you may want to understand the goals of your prescribed therapy.
A Non-invasive Option for Colon Cancer Screening
Options in screening for colorectal cancer continue to expand. One new, effective approach is a non-invasive stool DNA test developed by Exact Sciences. If you’re a candidate for colorectal cancer screening (individuals age 50 and older and those at high risk), it’s important to understand your choices for testing and how they work.
What Every Woman Should Know About Cancer Screening
Over the past several decades, long-term cancer survival rates have been on the rise. These improved outcomes are largely credited to screening measures for certain types of cancers.
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Lung Cancer Tips
Understanding the Goals of Cancer Treatment with Chemotherapy
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, your healthcare team may have prescribed chemotherapy as part of your treatment plan. The goals of treatment with chemotherapy will depend largely on the type and stage of your cancer. If you’re currently undergoing or about to begin treatment with chemotherapy, you may want to understand the goals of your prescribed therapy.
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Lung Cancer: What You Should Know About the Risk of a Low White Blood Cell Count
As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells it finds in the body, particularly cancer cells because they multiply quickly. However, chemotherapy can't differentiate between cancer cells and other rapidly dividing healthy cells, such as bone marrow cells. As a consequence, many chemotherapy patients, especially older patients, experience a drop in the levels of their blood cells, including their infection-fighting white blood cells. This may lead to the patient's chemotherapy being stopped or reduced until the white blood cell count recovers enough to resume treatment, which can give cancer cells a chance to grow. A low white blood cell count, a condition called neutropenia, may also increase a patient's risk of infection, which can lead to delays in treatment, or hospitalization.
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Hodgkin's Lymphoma Tips
Understanding the Goals of Cancer Treatment with Chemotherapy
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, your healthcare team may have prescribed chemotherapy as part of your treatment plan. The goals of treatment with chemotherapy will depend largely on the type and stage of your cancer. If you’re currently undergoing or about to begin treatment with chemotherapy, you may want to understand the goals of your prescribed therapy.
Lymphoma Patients: Understanding Peripheral Neuropathy
If you’ve received chemotherapy as part of your lymphoma treatment, one of the side effects you may experience is numbness and tingling in you extremities, also known as peripheral neuropathy. The following guidelines explain how to recognize and manage this condition.
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Tips
Understanding the Goals of Cancer Treatment with Chemotherapy
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, your healthcare team may have prescribed chemotherapy as part of your treatment plan. The goals of treatment with chemotherapy will depend largely on the type and stage of your cancer. If you’re currently undergoing or about to begin treatment with chemotherapy, you may want to understand the goals of your prescribed therapy.
Lymphoma Patients: Understanding Peripheral Neuropathy
If you’ve received chemotherapy as part of your lymphoma treatment, one of the side effects you may experience is numbness and tingling in you extremities, also known as peripheral neuropathy. The following guidelines explain how to recognize and manage this condition.
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
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Prostate Cancer Tips
Understanding the Goals of Cancer Treatment with Chemotherapy
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, your healthcare team may have prescribed chemotherapy as part of your treatment plan. The goals of treatment with chemotherapy will depend largely on the type and stage of your cancer. If you’re currently undergoing or about to begin treatment with chemotherapy, you may want to understand the goals of your prescribed therapy.
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Prostate Cancer: What You Should Know About the Risk of a Low White Blood Cell Count
As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells it finds in the body, particularly cancer cells because they multiply quickly. However, chemotherapy can't differentiate between cancer cells and other rapidly dividing healthy cells, such as bone marrow cells. As a consequence, many chemotherapy patients, especially older patients, experience a drop in the levels of their blood cells, including their infection-fighting white blood cells. This may lead to the patient's chemotherapy being stopped or reduced until the white blood cell count recovers enough to resume treatment, which can give cancer cells a chance to grow. A low white blood cell count, a condition called neutropenia, may also increase a patient's risk of infection, which can lead to delays in treatment, or hospitalization.
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Stem Cell Transplantation Tips
Allogeneic Blood Stem Cell Transplants Using Less Toxic Treatment Regimens (Minitransplants) are a Promising New Cancer Treatment Approach
Allogeneic bone marrow or blood stem cell transplantation after intensive treatment with irradiation and/or chemotherapy is widely used to treat leukemias and other cancers of the blood and lymph nodes. Such transplants can cure leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
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