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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
A Gala, a Trophy, and $50,000 for Cancer Research
Read this first: I Hope My Friends Forgive Me: What It’s Like to FundraiseIn less than 20 minutes at the rehearsal for candidates before the Man & Woman of the Year Grand Finale Gala, I broke protocol and walked onstage to meet myself.Candidates were instructed to arrive to rehearsal fully dressed. My custom-tailored super fly tuxedo direct from Vietnam was delayed in production for three weeks, forcing me to rent a slim-fit tux from Men’s Wearhouse. Two lessons for you aspiring economists: being slim costs extra (my tux rental cost $180 versus a much cheaper standard fit), and that $180 is called a sunk cost. Temp...
Source: I've Still Got Both My Nuts: A True Cancer Blog - June 24, 2014 Category: Cancer Tags: a day in my life man of the year 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
Dealing with the threat of Cancer from Treatment
I am essentially “cancer free”. This fall will be the 10 year anniversary of my stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis. My feeling is that once we battle cancer we need to stay vigilant. Like any formidable enemy, cancer is continuing to lurk in the shadows. I have begun to take this threat more seriously due to the loss of my father to chemotherapy related leukemia – called Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML), 10 years after he went into remission from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Treatment related cancers are always a threat to those victorious over the disease. In addition to AML, there is also another leukemia call...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - July 3, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: blogs
Don’t Believe These 3 Myths About Living With Cancer
When people find out that I have stage 4 terminal breast cancer, they have varied reactions. Some are saddened and compassionate, some are concerned and curious, and others, because of their own fears, need to find an explanation — a way to feel in control.
This often leads to myths about living with cancer that can be insulting to those of us who are battling the disease.
Let’s examine the truth behind three of these myths:
Myth #1: If you are a positive person with a great attitude, you won’t get cancer.
My father, mother, and niece all battled cancer. My parents were anything but people who gave in or gave up. Th...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - March 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN Tags: Breast Cancer Nutrition Risk Factors treatment Source Type: blogs
Don ’t Believe These 3 Myths About Living With Cancer
When people find out that I have stage 4 terminal breast cancer, they have varied reactions. Some are saddened and compassionate, some are concerned and curious, and others, because of their own fears, need to find an explanation — a way to feel in control.
This often leads to myths about living with cancer that can be insulting to those of us who are battling the disease.
Let’s examine the truth behind three of these myths:
Myth #1: If you are a positive person with a great attitude, you won’t get cancer.
My father, mother, and niece all battled cancer. My parents were anything but people who gave in or gave up. Th...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - March 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN Tags: Breast Cancer Nutrition Risk Factors treatment Source Type: blogs
book review - But Hope is Longer: Navigating the Country of Breast Cancer*
“I felt like a snake having to shed its old skin... I mourned each layer of myself as I imagined it loosening and separating from me before I sloughed it off and watched it fall to the ground: my resilient good health, my identity, my hopes for a vibrant future. The shedding of each successive layer left me even more naked, raw and vulnerable. At that point, I had no sense that there was any regeneration underway or that there would be anything to replace the parts of myself I was losing.”-Tamara Levine, ButHope is Longer: Navigating the Country of Breast Cancer.Being diagnosed with breast cancer changes you, irrevocab...
Source: Not just about cancer - April 11, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: complementary treatment breast cancer book review health care books good stuff Source Type: blogs
'Chasing Life' or Coping with a Cancer Diagnosis
I have been watching a new show on ABC Family called 'Chasing Life'. I was drawn to it for two reasons - its based in Boston and its about someone with cancer. I always like to check out the shows based locally - to see how good or bad a job they do. This one doesn't even attempt Boston accents which is good (because they never get them right) and is entire unrealistic in that a three generation family lives in a townhouse on Beacon Hill, which probably lists for a few million.Here is the 'official' show description:"Chasing Life follows twenty-something April (Italia Ricci), a smart and quick-witted aspiring journali...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - July 12, 2014 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer bonds coping television Source Type: blogs
One Last Story on How Life Sucks After Breast Cancer
Okay, maybe I have been in a rut because I have been stuck at home after knee surgery because I can ' t drive. Or maybe because I have a cold that I am obsessing on crappy lives after cancer. Or maybe the internet gods had their stars align and all these stories ended up on my laptop in the same time period. But I hope this will be the last one for a while.Here ' s the story of a young woman who lost both her husband and her sister because of her lengthy cancer treatment." “The reality is that probably four out of seven days I’m in bed,” explains the 39-year-old, who lives with her mother at Bundall.“I’ve had my ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - November 6, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: being a patient breast cancer bonds breast cancer treatment stress Source Type: blogs
Cancer Immunotherapy
That's a mouthful. But Science Magazine has named Cancer Immunotherapy as their breakthrough for the year. So what exactly is that?"“Immunotherapy marks an entirely different way of treating cancer — by targeting the immune system, not the tumor itself,” Science said... Based on the idea that the immune system can be trained to attack tumors in the same way that it targets infectious agents, cancer immunotherapy exploits the ability to harness different types of immune cells circulating in the body."Researchers have already made some progress with this way of thinking with both melanoma and leukemia. They have plans ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 2, 2014 Category: Cancer Tags: award cancer research progress Source Type: blogs
Cancer Treatment Is Over!
I got to ring the brass bell in the lobby of the radiation center last Wednesday. I rang three times as is the custom. Except for that celebratory ritual, the day was a bit anti-climatic. This whole cancer episode has … Continue reading →
Source: Being Cancer Network - June 10, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Dennis Pyritz Tags: Journal * Living with Cancer Biotherapy Head and neck cancer Leukemia Radiation Recurrence Side effects Survivorship Source Type: blogs
Your Brain On Cancer
Once you enter cancerland, your brain takes detours all the time. Where do these detours go? BAD PLACES!" Is that a zit? No, of course not. Its a tumor. Must be skin cancer. "" A headache? No, a brain tumor. Dead in 3 months. "" Is that a swollen lymph node? Quick, leukemia or lymphoma, which one? "As you can easily see you brain with cancer goes down the wrong roads. Usually in the middle of the night. Or when your are stuck in traffic by yourself.You start making little deals with yourself. " I ' ll wait a month and see if its still a problem. No, a month? No three weeks. Wait, two weeks. Maybe ten days. Do I have any bl...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 11, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer detection fear of cancer living with cancer stress Source Type: blogs
Cancer Treatment Is Over!
I got to ring the brass bell in the lobby of the radiation center last Wednesday. I rang three times as is the custom. Except for that celebratory ritual, the day was a bit anti-climatic. This whole cancer episode has … Continue reading →
Source: Being Cancer Network - June 10, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dennis Pyritz Tags: Journal * Living with Cancer Biotherapy Head and neck cancer Leukemia Radiation Recurrence Side effects Survivorship Source Type: blogs
A Mad Cancer World – guest post
This one comes from a young woman diagnosed with AML, acute myelocytic leukemia. She writes at Girl With The Swirl
While I’m not caught up in ad world, I’m trying to take more small walks. Here’s the current predicament, which is pretty minor in the grand scheme of things. I’m pretty sure I have muscle atrophy from completely suspending all my physical activities I used to do 8 months ago + 2 1/2 weeks of solid bed rest have now left me tired and sore from being in the same positions. It’s like my bed has a crater and I’m a moon unit officially parked on it. So in my attempt to get rid...
Source: Being Cancer Network - April 6, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Guest Post * Living with Cancer Hospital Leukemia Source Type: blogs
Assessing damage from chemotherapy
To refuse chemotherapy for breast cancer is tantamount to suicide. Very few people who have been diagnosed with stage 2 or greater have survived the disease without aggressive treatment. Having said that however, I am well aware of the lasting and detrimental effects of chemotherapy drugs. Every day I feel those effects; my joints hurt, my brain dysfunctions and my eyesight waivers. What else has been done to my organs and other bodily systems I can only guess.
While my oncologist continues to monitor me for recurrence or metastasis from the original breast cancer, blood tests will alert us to changes in my blood or marke...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - May 9, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: blogs
