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Personalizing the fight against small cell lung cancer
Personalizing the fight against small cell lung cancer Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a tough and fast-moving kind of lung cancer. Even with chemo, most patients see their cancer come back quickly, and there haven’t been many big breakthroughs in treatment for years. Now, a new clinical trial is trying something different: personalizing the […]
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Helping patients with lung cancer live longer
Helping patients with lung cancer live longer Every year in the U.S., about 40,000 people get a tough form of lung cancer called NSCLC with a KRAS mutation. Even with the best treatments around, most people with this mutation don’t make it past five years. Dr. Gerber at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center recently […]
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Healing with Hope: The Trial That Changed Maddy’s Future
At 17, Maddy thought the ache in her hip was just a pulled muscle from soccer practice. Instead, she learned it was something far more serious—osteosarcoma, a rare and aggressive bone cancer with a grim prognosis for kids her age. The usual treatment for osteosarcoma isn’t gentle. It’s months of high-dose chemotherapy, surgery that can […]
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Cancer Treatment Options
Common Types of Cancer Treatments Approved by Hunter Patton-Gentert, PharmD Just like there’s no single type of cancer, there’s also no single type of cancer treatment. Treatments vary depending on the type of cancer, cancer stage, and other factors. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer, then it’s helpful to understand the […]
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A Guide to Cancer Staging
What Are the Stages of Cancer? Approved by Hunter Patton-Gentert, PharmD Cancer comes in a variety of forms and may affect each individual person differently. To determine the right treatment methods, doctors use “cancer staging” to gauge the extent and severity. What is Cancer Staging? Cancer staging is used to describe: The size of the primary […]
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The Benefits of a Cancer Screening
A Brief Guide to Cancer Screening Approved by Hunter Patton-Gentert, PharmD 1 in 3 people will have cancer in their lifetime, according to data collected by the CDC. That means the average person has a 33% chance of developing cancer, with risk increasing as they get older. Since cancer is such a widespread disease, you may […]
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Signs and Symptoms of Cancer
Signs and Symptoms of Cancer Approved by Hunter Patton-Gentert, PharmD Cancer is a disease in which mutated cells multiply rapidly. The mutated cells typically originate in one part of the body before invading other parts of the body as they multiply. You can learn more about cancer in our blog “What is Cancer?”. The most well-known […]
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What is Cancer? Understanding the Disease and its Causes
What is Cancer? Approved by Hunter Patton-Gentert, PharmD Cancer is a disease in which the cells in your body grow uncontrollably, and spread invasively to other parts of your body. There’s no single type of cancer, and the term actually refers to a large number of diseases that originate in different parts of the body. That […]
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What Causes Cancer? 10 Common Factors
Cancer Causes: 10 Most Common Factors Approved by Hunter Patton-Gentert, PharmD Cancer is caused by genetic mutations that make the cells multiply at an uncontrolled rate. There are many factors that cause these mutations, from genetic factors to environmental agitators. What Causes Cancer? Cancer is a range of diseases in which genetically damaged cells in […]
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Why Giving to Cancer Research Matters
Why Giving to Cancer Research Matters That simple yet powerful statement is supported by these compelling facts: more than 15 million Americans are living with cancer, and 67 percent of them survive at least five years after diagnosis, according to National Cancer Institute estimates. As the mortality rate from cancer has declined steadily for the […]