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Colon cancer survivor
Update on Jim’s’ son: both colon cancer survivor and metastatic liver cancer survivor. We urge all colon cancer survivors and all metastatic liver cancer survivors to share their experience in order to inspire others that are going the same road. We thank Jim for his continuous updates about his son, who was diagnosed […]
Source: Metastatic liver cancer - May 20, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Daughter SK Tags: Jim's son metastatic liver cancer survivor alternative cancer treatment Colon Cancer colon cancer survivor colon cancer survivors grifola frondosa holistic cancer treatment maitake Secondary liver cancer Source Type: blogs
Annual Report to the Nation on Cancer Trends: Cancer Deaths Continue to Fall, But We Can Do Better
This report comes out every year. It is a summation of what we know about the trends in incidence rates for the most common cancers in the United States among both men and women as well as the trends in death rates from those cancers that lead to the highest mortality in the general population as well as specific ethnic groups. It is in a real sense a report card on our progress, which in large part is good but in a number of cancers, not so good.
The good news is what we have come to expect: since the year 2000, the overall cancer death rates have continued to decline 1.8% per year in men, 1.4% in women and 0.6% per year ...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - January 7, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Access to care Breast Cancer Cancer Care Cervical Cancer Colon Cancer Early detection Lung Cancer Other cancers Prevention Prostate Cancer Rectal Cancer Research Screening Tobacco Treatment Vaccines Source Type: blogs
Cancer Survivors Exhibit Greater Risk of New Cancers and Higher Mortality Due to those Cancers
The objective of this study is to quantify the overall and cancer type-specific risks of subsequent primary cancers (SPCs) among adult-onset cancer survivors by first primary cancer (FPC) types and sex. Among 1,537,101 survivors (mean age, 60.4 years; 48.8% women), 156,442 SPC cases and 88,818 SPC deaths occurred during 11,197,890 person-years of follow-up (mean, 7.3 years). Among men, the overall risk of developing any SPCs was statistically significantly higher for 18 of the 30 FPC types, and risk of dying from any SPCs was statistically significantly higher for 27 of 30 FPC types as compared with risks in the general po...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 29, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Colonless – young cancer survivor – guest post
We last heard from Reagan Barnett a couple of years ago. She has a new blog now that focuses on colon cancer, genetic cancer syndromes, and young adult cancer issues. In the world of cancer blogging, colon survivors probably don’t … Continue reading →
Source: Being Cancer Network - March 3, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dennis Pyritz Tags: Guest Post * Living with Cancer Colon Cancer Surgery Young Adults Source Type: blogs
American Cancer Society Celebrates Its 100 Year Anniversary Today With A Vision Of Making This Century Cancer's Last
One hundred years.
That is a long time. And although thriving, remaining relevant and engaged for 100 years is a remarkable accomplishment for any organization, the American Cancer Society today takes pride not only in reflecting on the accomplishments of the last 100 years but also in our commitment to continue the fight, and make this century cancer's last.
A lot will be written about the remarkable accomplishments of the Society over the past century. The American Cancer Society takes pride in the fact that it has been able to serve millions of people during that time. It has put its mark on numerous improvements in the...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - May 22, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Access to care Breast Cancer Cancer Care Cervical Cancer Colon Cancer Diet Early detection Lung Cancer Media Prevention Prostate Cancer Research Screening Survivors Tobacco Treatment 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 and the Latino Community: Lessons Learned
I had the privilege this week to serve as the keynote speaker for the 4th Summit sponsored by Latinas Contra Cancer-an organization founded and led by Ysabel Duron, a formidable cancer survivor and news media presence in San Francisco.
Bringing together members of the Latino community, researchers, community health workers, promotores (more on that later) and advocates, the summit focused on the issues facing the Latino community in increasing awareness, access to care, improved treatment and research opportunities among other topics. But what was most impressive was the spirit, engagement and commitment that permeated the...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - July 24, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Access to care Breast Cancer Cancer Care Cervical Cancer Colon Cancer Diet Early detection Environment Prevention Prostate Cancer Research Screening Tobacco Source Type: blogs
Erbitux: fighting secondary liver cancer with antibodies
Jim’s son is now getting better thanks to his holistic cancer treatments and Erbitux. Erbitux isn’t chemotherapy but in stead are antibodies helping your body to fight the cancer. Pretty logical approach to cure cancer: not using a poisonous chemotherapy in the hope to kill the cancer without killing the person buy making sure your […]
Source: Metastatic liver cancer - February 11, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Daughter SK Tags: CANCER TREATMENT erbitux erbitux colorectal cancer erbitux head and neck cancer metastatic liver cancer survivor Source Type: blogs
Jim’s son happy 1 year metastatic liver cancer anniversary
Update by Jim on his son’s battle with metastatic liver cancer – primary colon cancer – (read the whole cancer story at Jim’s son’s victory over metastatic liver cancer). Tomorrow will the first anniversary of my son’s diagnosis of colorectal cancer with liver mets, and today he has just had his 15th round of […]
Source: Metastatic liver cancer - September 16, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Daughter SK Tags: Jim's son metastatic liver cancer survivor Alternative CANCER TREATMENTS ayurvedic cancer treatment cancer story holistic cancer treatment Secondary liver cancer Source Type: blogs
Successful colon cancer treatment
Jim’s son successful colon cancer treatment includes colon cancer chemotherapy – Oxaliplatin & Xeloda – and alternative cancer treatments given by a family member practitioner: an oncology nurse with an Msc. in cancer nursing. Stage iv colon cancer Jim’s son has stage iv colon cancer spread to liver and lungs, a loving […]
Source: Metastatic liver cancer - February 4, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Kim Tags: Jim's son metastatic liver cancer survivor CANCER TREATMENT Colon Cancer colon cancer treatment oxaliplatin secondary liver cancer. cancer treatment options stage iv colon cancer xeloda Source Type: blogs
Maybe It's Time To Rethink Patient Safety When 1/3 Of The Cancer Professionals Would Have Prescribed The Wrong Treatment In Response To A Lecturer's Question
I was sitting in a large lecture hall with about 1000 of my oncology colleagues this past week when I had one of "those moments." It wasn't a spectacular moment, and I doubt that anyone else in the room really paid much attention to the moment, but for me it was a significant moment--and frankly a bit chilling if not frightening.
In short, in answer to an audience response question--which admittedly is not a scientifically valid survey--over 1/3 of the oncology professionals sitting in the audience would have prescribed a treatment for advanced colon cancer that not only has been shown not to work, but also shorten lives. ...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - March 20, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Breast Cancer Cancer Care Colon Cancer Medications Survivors Treatment Source Type: blogs
Social Media And Cancer Awareness: Are We Smart Enough To Take Advantage Of The Opportunity?
This past week I had the privilege of participating in a meeting hosted by the President's Cancer Panel on the role of social media in improving cancer control and treatment. The goal was to give advice to the Panel on a planned series of meetings they will be convening to discuss the topic. It was the range and quality of the discussion that day that left me thinking about the broader topic of social media and how it could help improve cancer control going forward.
I do not profess to be a social media expert. I do (obviously) engage in social media in a couple of ways, primarily through my blogs and Twitter (@DrLen), bu...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - June 17, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Access to care Breast Cancer Cancer Care Colon Cancer Diet Early detection Heatlh Information Technology Media Prevention Research Screening Survivors Tobacco Treatment Source Type: blogs
Is Cancer Research and Treatment Moving From Evolution To Revolution?
Discussion at a meeting of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) held in conjunction with the MD Anderson symposium mentioned above echoed a theme that I truly believe in: we have plenty of money "in the system" already to accomplish what we need to accomplish. How we parcel out that money is the issue. We waste so much, and we are charged so much, for things that don't work or aren't needed that to me it borders on the obscene. If we were more effective and efficient at what we do and how we do it, I firmly believe we could pay for what we need to pay for.
As an example, I was asked this week about a recent d...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - April 9, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Breast Cancer Cancer Care Colon Cancer Lung Cancer Media Medications Other cancers Prostate Cancer Research Treatment Source Type: blogs
It's Guns vs. Butter (Again): How Do We Reconcile Expensive Cancer Treatments With The Need To Improve The Basics Of Cancer Care?
As we walk the halls and sit in the lectures at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, there's an elephant in the room. It is right there in front of us, but not many of us seem willing to talk about it. Fewer still are making any commitments to do something about it.
So what is this ubiquitous juxtaposition that is right in front of us but we can't seem to see?
It is the contrast between incredibly sophisticated science and computer data that will help us understand cancer and its treatment vs. the reality that we can't have medical records that really work. It is the fact that we have million do...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - June 3, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Access to care Breast Cancer Cancer Care Cervical Cancer Colon Cancer Early detection Prevention Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy Rectal Cancer Research Screening Tobacco Treatment Source Type: blogs
Progress In Colorectal Cancer Not Shared By Everyone
An article published this week in the American Cancer Society journal CA: A Journal for Clinicians received a lot of media attention. The report showed dramatic declines in the rate of people being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, as well as decreases in the rates of colorectal cancer deaths over the past number of years.
But the press didn't say much about the fact that not everyone has benefitted from the progress we have made in the prevention, early detection, and improved treatment for colorectal cancer. It is a sad but very real commentary on how we approach health care in this country that African Americans have no...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - March 19, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Access to care Colon Cancer Diet Early detection Environment Media Medicare Medications Prevention Rectal Cancer Research Screening Treatment Source Type: blogs
