Young adults with cancer: how their life-stage affects parents and familiesYoung adults with cancer: how their life-stage affects parents and families - European Journal of Cancerdoi:10.1016/S0959-8049(01)82024-4Grinyer, A.Thomas, C.Elsevier LtdEuropean Journal of Cancer...
Cancer is hard to understand. All I know is cancer is something that grows inside a person's...Goff, Karen Goldberg
As for how to support a friend with cancer, she says: "The most important thing is that you not calling, as a friend, can actually compound the grief and loss they are feeling. Just pick up the phone, even if you get it wrong, just have a conversation and do your best. Your frien...
as a matched control group of people who had not had cancer early in life. They also had much higher numbers of healthcare visits relating to infections, disorders of the immune system, and subsequent
If you inherit the mutated BRCA genes from either parent you will have a higher risk of developing breast cancer. In some families the risk can be as high as 80 percent. Women with these genes tend to be diagnosed with cancer at a younger age and they also tend to develop cancer in bo...
doi:10.1097/01.COT.0000652336.85385.42Sarah DiGiulioOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Oncology Times
The study is a follow-up to earlier research, which found that adolescents and young adults living in rural versus metropolitan U.S. counties and those living farther from the hospital where they were diagnosed are more likely to be detected at a later cancer stage, when it is generally less...
2.1. Ca2+ channels and cancer Ca2+ is a ubiquitous second messenger in many cell types, underlying several physiological processes such as excitability, contractility, exocytosis, and differentiation [7]. However, there is an emerging role of Ca2+ and related proteins in cell motility, growth, mi...
Unfortunately for lupus patients, life insurance companies consider a lupus diagnosis a risk factor. This is because lupus patients have a higher risk of developing particular types of cancer. Remember, insurance companies factor risk while doctors and patients manage risk. Patients can rest easy with...
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that affects the lining of the lungs, abdomen, or heart. It is not lung cancer and is not classified as small cell or non-small cell. There are four main forms of mesothelioma that are based on where the cancer develops: pleural (in the lungs), periton...