The study is the first to correlate the long-term survival prospects of bowel cancer patients after diagnosis with total blood levels of vitamin D. The research team tested the blood samples of the patients after surgery. They found out that patients who had a good amount of vitamin D, in ...
How to Deal with the Anger of CancerAfter diagnosis, many experience a feeling of "why me?" about their cancer. Sometimes it can manifest into a resentment either at a higher power or those around them. However, there is a way to manage it and ensure it does not fester into something ...
A cancer diagnosis is followed by a whirlwind of activity. Most people quickly engage in treatment while they adjust to what might be a lengthy process. They try to get on with life and generally want you to let them. Cancer patients don’t want to be treated differently; they don’t wa...
San Francisco, published in 2006 found that women who had been isolated socially before diagnosis had twice the risk of breast cancer mortality. Those who went through the actual cancer experience alone werefour timesmore likely to die from the disease than those who had 10...
mind. It was a time when information was overwhelming and foreign, and fear was heightened. The trauma of my cancer diagnosis imprinted on me like a branding iron, and the emotions I experienced in that initial phase stayed with me, bubbling to the surface whenever memories of tha...
Now that our family is almost ten months into dealing with cancer, I think I've learned a bit about helping kids navigate this tender time in a family.
“So it’s a really important symptom to make sure we’re not letting just go and accepting it as something you have to deal with.” What Patients Can Do Donovan highlighted a few strategies that patients can incorporate into their routine that may help them combat their...
The article offers advice for persons who have a family member or friend who has been recently diagnosed with cancer. The news puts both the patient and their loved ones at a loss for words at a time when support is needed. Cancer survivors recommend acknowledging that awkwardness is ...
Murray Wadsworth, 63, says he became a "patient detective" after his advanced prostate cancer diagnosis 6 years ago. "I had to learn how to look for clues and get rid of everything that wasn't right for me," he says. "I say 'patient detective' because I want to remind myself I ...
Two things are changing this state of fear of cancer. The first is the knowledge that long before the diagnosis is made, there is a great deal that one can do to ensure early detection and hence better outcomes following treatment. The earlier the cancer is detected, the better the o...