Surgery to remove part or all of the lung is the preferred treatment for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer, and it may cure the cancer. Doctors rarely treat small-cell lung cancer with surgery because the
Yoga may be uniquely suited to address bio-psycho-social concerns among adults with gynecologic cancer because it can be tailored to individuals’ nee
Lung cancer is often detected too late. For Healthy Lung Month, learn how early detection of lung cancer saved one woman's life.
After my husband Paul was diagnosed with lung cancer, he said, “It’s going to be OK.” And I remember answering back, “Yes. We just don’t know what OK means yet.”Paul and I met as medical students at Yale. I fell in love with him as I watched the ___he took with his ...
To compare the ex ante willingness to pay (WTP) of healthy individuals for generous insurance coverage of novel lung cancer treatments to the WTP for coverage of such treatment among individuals with lung cancer. Methods A survey was administered to 2 cohorts of US adults: (1) healthy individua...
If you don’t know how you were exposed to asbestos, our team is here to help. We’ll ask you a few questions about your life and work history to determine this for you. Around 3,000 Americans are diagnosed with mesothelioma each year, which makes this cancer very rare. Patients and ...
My mom sat me on the floor and opened her mouth to give me the most words I'd ever heard: “Grandma Billie has been diagnosed with cancer.” Tears filled my eyes immediately. Mom continued, “Grandma is old and her body is too . There’s nothing they can do to treat her.” I kn...
Many people advised me to give up running long ago, warning it would be detrimental to my joints. Others discouraged me from hiking, citing its dangers. Now, as I sit with an ice pack on my foot after a short walk, I reflect on my choices and have no regrets. ...
So I was already on edge, and then this article comes out talking about patients diagnosed with the same type of cancer as me, but who were diagnosed at extremely late stages, when they were more-or-less given weeks or a few months to live. A very few of them respond to this miracle...
Teva Harrison, author of In Between Days, has been living with metastatic breast cancer since 2013. Article content At 37, Teva Harrison led a busy life. Her job with the Nature Conservancy of Canada had her working long hours and travelling to conferences. She ...