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Unmet Needs of Cancer People
Finally someone figured out that there might be unmet needs of people after a cancer diagnosis. A study was recently done:" Cancer[people*] face unmet needs. These are needs which lack enough service or support for survivors to achieve optimal well-being. Understanding the needs of cancer survivors can help guide services and support to meet the needs of [people*]. "To complete this study, they asked over 9000 people one question:" Please tell us about any needs you have now as a cancer [person*] that ARE NOT being met to your satisfaction " .Only one question. But they could answer how they wanted and ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 3, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer research post cancer Source Type: blogs

The human cost of breast cancer screening
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 18, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Conditions Cancer Source Type: blogs

Fear of cancer recurrence: Mind-body tools offer hope
Every year, there are more adults who have been diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives. All of them face the uncertainty and fear that follow cancer treatments. Research shows that fear of cancer recurrence interferes with emotional and physical well-being. And it also suggests that mind-body tools can help people who have been treated for cancer regain control. A growing number of cancer survivors Over the past 50 years, the number of adults who have completed primary treatment for cancer has grown steadily. By 2024, an estimated 19 million will be living in the United States, a tribute to rapidly evolving opt...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Daniel L. Hall, PhD Tags: Breast Cancer Mental Health Mind body medicine Source Type: blogs

Poor Quality Sleep: A Silent Source of Disability in Breast Cancer
The post below ran on Huffington Post Healthy Living on May 13. It is authored by Hrayr Attarian, MD, FACCP, FAASM, Member of the Society for Women’s Health Rearch Network on Sleep and Associate Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University, Circadian Rhythms and Sleep Research Lab for the Society for Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Network on Sleep. Poor quality sleep is a major contributor to reduced quality of life and can have a negative impact on mood and energy, cognition, metabolic and immunological function, as well as lead to weight gain [3]. Sleep-related complaints are quite common in women with b...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - July 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer Source Type: blogs

Palliative Care Is About Quality Of Life Throughout The Cancer Journey
A newspaper story last week caught my eye when it headlined: "Senators Revive Push for End-of-Life-Care Planning." It reported on new legislation making the rounds in Washington to address care planning for those with advanced illnesses. You remember "end of life care planning," don't you? It was part of the Affordable Care Act debate several years ago, and quickly became translated into "death panels" where opponents made the argument that the government wanted to help people decide not to receive needed treatment. That was a moment that will live in my memory forever, and it's not a pleasant memory. So here we are with t...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - August 9, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Access to care Breast Cancer Cancer Care Cervical Cancer Colon Cancer Lung Cancer Media Other cancers Prostate Cancer Rectal Cancer Research Survivors Treatment Source Type: blogs

Cancer Is a Killer, Not a Lifestyle
Does cancer make you uncomfortable? Of course it does! Disfiguring surgery. Treatments that make patients bald, pale and weak. Teeth falling out or turning brown. Missing fingernails. A large elastic bandage worn on the arm forever. Chronic pain. And on top of all that—for way too many—a death sentence. Hey, what’s not to like? It’s human nature to try to put aside what makes us uncomfortable. One way to do that is to assign blame. Won’t happen to me because I did not perform in smoky nightclubs. Won’t happen to me because I have a four-leaf clover. Or—worse—won’t happen to me because I am [stage whisper...
Source: Donna Trussell - November 30, 2008 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Cancer Source Type: blogs

This is a blog about cancer after all
I realize this is a blog about cancer and living with a cancer diagnosis. but sometimes I don't blog about cancer. Well, I do have lots of other ailments to blog about. And I try to ignore cancer so I'm not living in cancerland where its all cancer all the time. But it does loom in the background of my life often. Well, almost constantly. Its hard to make it go away. I am ignoring it. I have one of 'those' appointments coming up that I am really trying to ignore. Its one of the appointments where there are negotiations, watchful waiting and discussions on what to do next.I have no new cancer research to write about now. I ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 28, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: appointments pain cancer attitude Source Type: blogs

Lets redefine cancer
The question has arisen as to how to redefine cancer. A scientific panel states we are using a 19th century definition in the 21st century. The issue is should some precancerous conditions be redefined with out the use of the words cancer or carcinoma."In one example, they say that some premalignant conditions, such as one that affects the breast called ductal carcinoma in situ — which many doctors agree is not cancer — should be renamed to exclude the word carcinoma. That way, patients are less frightened and less likely to seek what may be unneeded and potentially harmful treatments that can include the surgical...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - July 30, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer diagnosis Source Type: blogs

Continuing the Discussion on Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer
A few months ago, Angelina Jolie revealed that she had made the difficult decision to remove her breasts to combat the risk of familial breast cancer. We haven’t heard much about it since – Angelina has moved on. That’s how it should be.  The wonderful thing about having access to genetic testing for breast cancer is that the risk of breast cancer is determined early when it can be addressed and life can go on. I get a lot of emails and calls from women asking if they should get tested for the BRCA 1 or 2 genetic mutations for breast cancer. They have family members that were diagnosed and many of them have lost a m...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - August 13, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: blogs

Things cancer has taught me
I found an article written about what she learned from her mother's cancer. I can tell you its also things I have learned:Doctors do not have all the answers but that can be okay. I think we are taught that doctors know everything and will have the answer for every ache and pain. But with cancer we quickly learn they do not. But that can be okay. We can educate ourselves and remain satisfied with our care. Also we cannot expect the doctors to make the big decisions for us. They suggest courses of treatment but we can make our own decisions as to which ones to choose. I have learned not to follow blindly the medical guidanc...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 19, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer diagnosis coping normal change being a patient Source Type: blogs

The Gold Standard for Breast Cancer Screening
Mammograms are still the gold standard for breast cancer screening.  Although I go to great lengths to get my friends to go for a yearly mammogram, I am always surprised at how many women try to avoid it or make excuses not to have one. To be clear, by screening I mean testing to reveal cancer when none is suspected. The goal is to detect breast cancer before it becomes invasive.  Finding a breast tumor while it is still in-situ, or in the duct results in a much better outcome and possibly avoids extensive surgery and treatment. Both my mother and my mother-in-law were fortunate to be diagnosed with breast cancer while ...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - October 14, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN Tags: Breast Cancer Breast Cancer Screening Mammograms Thermography Source Type: blogs

Emotional Distress: It’s Inevitable When You Have Metastatic Breast Cancer
This has been a tough couple of months. I’m finding it a challenge to figure out how to have purpose and direction while living with an incurable disease. In fact, the biggest problem has been how to plan for the rest of my life when there might not be a “rest of my life.” For the most part, the cancer is under control. I have been fortunate to be asymptomatic, with only a few bouts of intolerable pain to deal with. The source of that pain was recently discovered on a CT scan, when the report showed that a fractured rib was healing. Until the doctor read that to me, I had no idea that I had fractured a rib. So be...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - June 29, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: blogs

Emotional Distress: It ’s Inevitable When You Have Metastatic Breast Cancer
This has been a tough couple of months. I’m finding it a challenge to figure out how to have purpose and direction while living with an incurable disease. In fact, the biggest problem has been how to plan for the rest of my life when there might not be a “rest of my life.” For the most part, the cancer is under control. I have been fortunate to be asymptomatic, with only a few bouts of intolerable pain to deal with. The source of that pain was recently discovered on a CT scan, when the report showed that a fractured rib was healing. Until the doctor read that to me, I had no idea that I had fractured a rib. So be...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - June 29, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: blogs

News I Didn ' t Want To Hear or Dumb A$$ Cancer Cells
This isn ' t political news but it is really news that I didn ' t want to hear. Tamoxifen and AIs (Aromatase Inhibitors - Femara, Aromasin, etc) work by cutting off the supply of estrogen which feeds cancer cells. However thenew research (because we need new research forever) shows that cancer cells can evolve to develop their own food supply if it is cut off by the treatment." Approximately 70% of breast cancers are estrogen receptor positive which means they feed on the hormone estrogen. Breast cancer drugs such as tamoxifen and the aromatase inhibitors work by limiting access to estrogen thereby starving the cancer...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 25, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer bonds breast cancer treatment Source Type: blogs

Every One ' s Cancer Is Different
I now know many women, dozens, probably more like hundreds, who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Sadly not all are still with us.The one thing I have learned is that everyone ' s cancer is different and presents differently. A case in point is a friend went to see another friend who was newly diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer. Two months after her diagnosis she cannot walk with out a cane because of the mets in her hips and her arm is huge with lymphedema. Two months! Her first symptom was hip pain.I have a friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer at stage IV about four years ago and she was gone within 8 wee...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 12, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer breast cancer treatment outcome Source Type: blogs