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For Cancer Patients, It's Not Just About What's Now But Also What's Next--And We Can Help Answer That Question
Here's an insightful comment from me: Social media has gripped our world, the way we live, the way we interact, what we know and influences what we do. (OK, stop laughing: I'm not a Luddite, but needed somewhere to start this conversation.)
At times, I wonder where all those folks (usually young folks) find all that interesting stuff they send to each other on a such a constant basis that it seems their smartphones are a direct extension of their fingertips. So much to say right now! I can't imagine there being that much that is so important that people walk down the street mesmerized by those things.
But maybe that is jus...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - March 6, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Cancer Care Medications Research Survivors Treatment Source Type: blogs
Lung-MAP--A Bold Initiative To Find New Treatments For Squamous Cell Lung Cancer--Launches Today
Today marks a major step forward in cancer clinical trials and drug development with the launch of the Lung-MAP protocol to evaluate new treatments for squamous cell lung cancer, a common cancer which has proven resistant to the standard drugs currently available. In response to this genuine unmet need, Lung-MAP has been designed to move new therapies more quickly from the laboratory to the bedside of patients afflicted with this serious disease and few options available.
Many--including present company--have written about the need to improve this process. We are in a new era of cancer drug development, spearheaded by our ...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - June 16, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Access to care Cancer Care Lung Cancer Medications Research Tobacco Treatment Source Type: blogs
The FDA Lays Down The Law About The Dangers Of Indoor Tanning
In what has to be considered a major victory for those concerned about the proliferating use and risks of tanning beds, the Food and Drug Administration this week issued a final rule requiring devices used for indoor tanning to meet very specific requirements before they can be marketed to the public. And in what is probably an even more important part of the rule, they now instruct those who market tanning devices to consumers to warn them clearly about the very real and serious risks of indoor tanning.
What this means in plain terms is that if you use a tanning bed you will have to see a clearly defined boxed warning be...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - May 29, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Early detection Environment Prevention Survivors Treatment Source Type: blogs
ASCO 2014 Is A Wrap: If Immunotherapy Is The Queen Of The Ball, Then Panomics Holds The Keys To The Kingdom
As in years past, the trip home from the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago gives me a moment to reflect on what I have heard and hopefully learned over the past five days.
This meeting is a whirlwind of activity and information, far too much for any one person to absorb and process. You can be focused on one topic, you can be general, and you can hear new cutting edge research or be educated on topics of general interest in cancer. You can go to the exhibit hall and be overwhelmed by the booths and displays (I tend not to go there, but obviously many others do). I suspect you get the id...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - June 4, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Access to care Breast Cancer Cancer Care Cervical Cancer Heatlh Information Technology Lung Cancer Media Medications Melanoma Other cancers Research Skin Cancer Treatment Source Type: blogs
Skin Cancer Myths, Busted: Parts 1 & 2
The following post first ran on HuffPost’s Healthy Living blog and can be accessed here. With summer’s arrival and more time spent outdoors everyone should take a minute to read the information below.
Did you know 10,000 people in the U.S. will die from a preventable cancer this year alone?
That preventable cancer is skin cancer. And yes, we know you’re tired of being told to wear sunscreen, put on a hat, and hang out in the shade, but these practices can be life-saving.
About 3.5 million cases of basal and squamous cell skin cancer are diagnosed in the U.S. each year. Melanoma, the most dangerous form of...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - June 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer American Academy of Dermatology Food and Drug Administration skin cancer Sunburn Sunscreen Ultraviolet Source Type: blogs
Skin Cancer Myths, Busted: Part 1
The following post first ran on HuffPost’s Healthy Living blog and can be accessed here. With summer’s arrival and more time spent outdoors everyone should take a minute to read the information below.
Did you know 10,000 people in the U.S. will die from a preventable cancer this year alone?
That preventable cancer is skin cancer. And yes, we know you’re tired of being told to wear sunscreen, put on a hat, and hang out in the shade, but these practices can be life-saving.
About 3.5 million cases of basal and squamous cell skin cancer are diagnosed in the U.S. each year. Melanoma, the most dangerous form of...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - June 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer American Academy of Dermatology Food and Drug Administration skin cancer Sunburn Sunscreen Ultraviolet Source Type: blogs
Combination hormonal therapy boosts survival in men with aggressive prostate cancer
A standard approach for treating aggressive prostate cancer is to give therapies that block testosterone, a tumor-stimulating hormone. Should initial hormonal therapies fail, doctors can switch to other drugs that suppress testosterone in different ways. One of them, a drug called abiraterone, has been shown to significantly extend lifespans in men who have become resistant to other hormonal treatments.
But in June, two major studies reported simultaneously that abiraterone also prolongs life in men with aggressive prostate cancer that’s been newly diagnosed. One of the studies, a phase 3 clinical trial called LATITUDE, ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlie Schmidt Tags: Cancer Health Men's Health Prostate Health Source Type: blogs
FDA approves new drug for men at high risk of prostate cancer spread
A newly approved drug called apalutamide is giving hope to thousands of men confronting a tenacious problem after being treated for prostate cancer. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels should plummet to zero after surgery, and to near zero after radiation therapy, but in some men, they continue rising even when there’s no other evidence of cancer in the body. Doctors typically respond to spiking PSA with drugs that block the production of testosterone, which is the male sex hormone that fuels prostate cancer. However, this type of medically induced castration, called hormonal therapy, doesn’t always reduce PSA. More...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlie Schmidt Tags: Cancer Health Men's Health Prostate Health Source Type: blogs
Just do it … yourself: At-home colorectal cancer screening
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. Yet despite the ability of CRC screening to detect colon cancer early, and to find and remove potentially precancerous growths called polyps, screening rates remain low, below 60%. Experts generally agree that people should be screened for CRC at regular intervals beginning by age 50.
Colonoscopy is considered the gold standard for CRC screening. In this procedure, a doctor examines your entire colon through a colonoscope, a flexible tube outfitted with a small video camera and a light.
But concern around pre-colonoscopy bowel cleaning, which can be un...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: James Richter, MD Tags: Cancer Screening Tests and procedures Source Type: blogs
New Treatment for Breast Cancer Could Help Some Women Avoid Surgery
Most women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer typically have surgery to remove the tumor, followed by three to six weeks of radiation. But there’s an exciting new development in breast cancer treatment – a first-of-its kind radiation therapy system for early stage cancers that may cut the number of treatments to only a few days.
And, one day, the inventors say, it might even eliminate the need for surgery altogether for some patients.
It’s called the GammaPod, invented by scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared the way for the Gam...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - February 20, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: UMMC Admin Tags: Cancer breast cancer cancer treatment Cedric X. Yu Elizabeth Nichols GammaPod UMMC Source Type: blogs
Roger Chou ’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity
by Chad D. Kollas MD, Terri A. Lewis PhD, Beverly Schechtman and Carrie Judy“I ' m present. Uh … I do have a conflict. I receive funding to conduct reviews on opioids, and I ' ll be recusing myself after the um, director ' s, uh, um, um, uh … update.”- Dr. Roger Chou, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) Meeting Friday, July 16, 2021.IntroductionFor those familiar with the controversial relationship between the anti-opioid advocacy group, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP, recently renamed, He...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - September 17, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Tags: CDC judy kollas lewis opioid pain schechtman Source Type: blogs
Roger Chou s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDCs 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity
by Chad D. Kollas MD, Terri A. Lewis PhD, Beverly Schechtman and Carrie JudyI ' m present. Uh I do have a conflict. I receive funding to conduct reviews on opioids, and I ' ll be recusing myself after the um, director ' s, uh, um, um, uh update.- Dr. Roger Chou, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) Meeting Friday, July 16, 2021.IntroductionFor those familiar with the controversial relationship between the anti-opioid advocacy group, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP, recently renamed, Health Pro...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - September 17, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Tags: CDC judy kollas lewis opioid pain schechtman Source Type: blogs
On "Don't Fry Day" Remember To Be Safe In The Sun: You Can Fry Your Chicken But Don't Fry Yourself
Today is the beginning of Memorial Day weekend and the summer holiday season. It's a day to remember to enjoy your fried chicken, while not frying your skin. (OK, fried chicken isn't exactly healthy for you, but it is fun once in a while. Frying your skin is never healthy nor fun).
It is also Don't Fry Day, an annual reminder of the need to be sun safe while we enjoy the outdoors during the summer months.
Don't Fry Day is a concept led by the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention and its many collaborating organizations including the American Cancer Society. The messages from the Council are simple and straightforwar...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - May 24, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Other cancers Prevention Vitamins Source Type: blogs
Addressing the risks of indoor tanning
With May being Skin Cancer Awareness Month and in tandem with our event Wednesday co-hosted with the Congressional Families Cancer Prevention Program, The Hazards and Allure of Indoor Tanning Beds on College Campuses we are running a series on skin cancer. Be sure to check back daily for posts on skin cancer including how you prevent and detect it. Enjoy!
It is not the kind of selfie we usually expect to see on Facebook. A young woman looks forlornly away from the camera, her face covered from top to bottom with bloody scabs—the result of treatment for skin cancer. The therapy is aggressive; but it is necessary, because ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - May 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy Cancer Source Type: blogs
Painkiller-abuse proposal divides healthcare community, even in same hospitals | cleveland.com
Doctors at top health centers including the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals want the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to toughen rules for prescribing powerful painkillers like OxyContin and similar opioids, saying this could curb addiction and drug abuse.Yet there is pushback -- from, among others, medical professionals at some of the same hospitals, including the Cleveland Clinic, public records and interviews show.These doctors and clinicians say they, too, want to halt addiction and deaths from the over-consumption and abuse of opioid painkillers, which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control calls an epid...
Source: Psychology of Pain - March 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs
