Treatment started in June. It was finally sunny and warm, but none of us noticed. The treatment was intense. She would receive radiation on her pelvis for 10 days. Five days in a row and then five days the next week. Simultaneously, she would begin chemotherapy. The first line of defens...
she also found out that she was pregnant. Several doctors recommended terminating the pregnancy but Tifanie was determined to keep her baby. After 14 rounds of chemotherapy and a mastectomy, Tifanie gave birth to a healthy
a CXCR4 antagonist now marketed as Xolremdi, for the treatment of an immunodeficiency syndrome known as WHIM (warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections and myelokathexis) syndrome. At the time, the company stated that it was the first FDA approval specifically targeted for the disorder. ...
1). Inclusion criteria are defined as follows: Breast cancer patients; age 18 years or older; no restriction to specific gender; end of curative primary treatment (defined as at the latest 10 weeks after completion of surgery and radiotherapy or after completion of (neo-) adjuvant chemotherapy,...
I began 16 rounds of chemotherapy on May 1. The process was tough—and 20 weeks long. I didn’t have much energy and I struggled with anxiety because there were so many unknowns: What if chemo doesn't work? What if the cancer spreads? What if treatment works, but then ...
One day afterKate Middletonannounced thatshe’d completed her chemotherapy treatment, he addressed her health update. While shaking hands with the residents of Llanelli, South Wales, Sept. 10, William said, perThe Sun, “It’s good news, but there is still a long way to go....
“After my diagnosis, we decided to try one more round of egg retrievals and hoped it was a good month," she said. "John and I talked about it a lot and we don’t feel like we’re done growing our family, but didn’t know if I would have to do chemotherapy or radiatio...
Today is the second anniversary of Gadget’s death. I’m on a list for people whose dogs have died after undergoing chemotherapy for lymphoma.* It’s called the Lymphoma HeartDog Angels list (LHDA). We talk about anniversaries a lot on LHDA: anniversaries of birthdays or gotcha days, anniv...
We performed a health economic analysis of a randomized phase 3 study (SAKK 41/06) that compared BEV continuation as a single agent (BEV) with treatment holidays (no BEV) after completing 4 to 6 cycles of first-line chemotherapy plus BEV in metastatic colorectal cancer patients. Costs for ...
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) has been widely applied in liver surgery since the publication of the first ERAS guidelines in 2016. The aim of the