Once you have found a cancer grief support group that you are interested in, it is important to attend a meeting and see if it is the right fit for you. You may want to try out several groups before you find one that feels comfortable and supportive. Remember that it is okay to take...
The Cancer Support Community:This nonprofit network has 196 locations where patients can access professionally led support groups. You can search by city, state, or ZIP code to find a group near you. The National Cancer Information Center (NCIC):You can call the NCIC 24/7 at 1-800-227-234...
Us TOO Support Groups are offered to patients, partners, and caregivers and provide a safe space to meet and discuss topics related to prostate cancer. The interactive format of a support group allows members to exchange information and ideas with the goal of empowering members with knowledge that...
With recent medical advances in personalized medicine, people with advanced or metastatic cancer are now living longer and higher quality lives than before [1]. However, the diagnosis of an advanced cancer may still elicit feelings of emotional distress for patients [2], which is why the developm...
How does AI impact the support of informal caregivers for patients? How well do various AI strategies perform in caregiver-related tasks for informal caregivers? What obstacles prohibit the integration of AI solutions in caregiving? What weaknesses exist in the present research, and which areas are...
Jenna Tozzi, RN, is the Chief Patient Care Advisor for Mesothelioma Hope. With more than 15 years of experience as an adult and pediatric oncology nurse navigator, Jenna provides exceptional guidance and support to cancer patients and their loved ones. Jenna has been featured in Oncology Nursing...
Based on my personal experiences, it is my humble opinion that patient events are vital for encephalitis patients because the lack of awareness surrounding the illness and the complexity of its diagnosis, treatment, and recovery means that our group isn’t one to receive a lot of mainstr...
navigators are meant to provide support as part of the HIV care team at the community-based FQHC, and as a study that is interested in exploring implementation outcomes of the PATH intervention, eligible participants are required to be current HIV medical care patients of the community-based ...
Recently, it has been demonstrated that cells surviving TKI therapy shift towards utilizing the polyol pathway for glucose utilization [19, 68]. This rerouting of glucose towards the PP pathway enables TKI-treated cancer cells to mitigate the negative effects of reduced HKII expression [22], which...
patients and families, among other things. Sadly however, in the sixteen years that have passed, very little has changed. The standard of care has remained stagnant and the prognosis has remained the same for brain tumor and brain cancer patients despite the vast advances for other forms of ...