This page shows you your search results in order of relevance. This is page number 11.
Order by Relevance | Date
Total 16594 results found since Jan 2013.
Cancer death rates down but...
Cancer death rates are down for the more 'popular' cancers in general in the last few decades. But then the old 80/20 rule kicks in and these cancers get most of the research and as a result the 'unpopular' cancer death rates aren't really going anywhere.So here's an article on how colon cancer rates are down. It used to be the most common cancer killer in the US. Now it is dramatically down because of screening - those lovely colonoscopies that we all love so much.However as this Australian article points out the cancers that are not as common, don't have ribbon decorated walks, runs, months, etc, often don't get as much ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - March 19, 2014 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer cure cancer research death news Source Type: blogs
Now what : just diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer
There are 2 directions you can go when you are diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer: live or die. We share stories of cancer patients that went one way and the other. What are your 2 options? Against all odds you can try to beat your cancer: holistic cancer treatment. Going with the flow […]
Source: Metastatic liver cancer - October 7, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Daughter SK Tags: Secondary liver cancer cancer patients diagnosis of liver cancer Metastatic Liver Cancer Source Type: blogs
Colon cancer treatment
All medical info and patients experiences related to colon cancer treatment in order to better follow the discussion between Lisa whose dad had colon cancer and Mag whose father underwent colon cancer surgery 2 weeks ago. Read first what doctors can tell you about colon cancer treatments and read more below many cancer […]
Source: Metastatic liver cancer - May 8, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Daughter SK Tags: Colon Cancer chemotherapy colon cancer colon cancer treatment colon cancer treatments colorectal cancer Metastatic Liver Cancer stage 4 colon cancer stage iv colon cancer Source Type: blogs
Battling Cancer – and Losing My Mind
I have been trying to complete a blog for the past few weeks. My mind won’t focus, I am easily distracted and I have difficulty finding the words I want to use.
The only thing I can attribute this to is chemo brain. In addition to the surreal aspect of being diagnosed and treated for advanced cancer, the impact of the treatment on my cognitive process makes me feel like I am dealing with a disability.
The American Cancer Society quotes doctors as saying chemo brain is “mild cognitive impairment.” But the thought of returning to work as a registered nurse with this debilitating brain condition concerns me more than th...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - April 16, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN Tags: Breast Cancer chemo brain chemo therapy metastatic breast cancer 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
A new understanding of cancer
I read both these articles recently and sort of jumbled them around in my brain and thought about them. They make a lot of sense. There is current medical research which is focusing on a new cancer classification system based on their genetic make up and not on which part of the body they are found.Think about it. We may call it a head cold or the stomach flu, right? But we know they are different and treat them differently. With cancer, its the same thing. Breast cancer and stomach cancer get different treatments - but they are chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation - which are fairly similar. And then doctors wonder why so...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - August 11, 2014 Category: Cancer Tags: breast cancer treatment cancer research progress Source Type: blogs
More Bad News?! How to Stay Calm With Metastatic Breast Cancer
I’ve received a lot of bad news since being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer almost three years ago. Mostly it comes after scans that show the cancer has progressed, and the treatment has stopped working.
It’s a repeating pattern: Things go well for a while — the treatment works and there’s no progression — and then the cancer fights back.
I have learned that living with stage 4 breast cancer means that bad news is inevitable.
It happened again last week when the dreaded MRI showed cancer spread throughout my spine. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a previous MRI to compare it to, even though PET and CT sca...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - July 15, 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
Life With Metastatic Breast Cancer Means Always Having a Plan B
I was supposed to be in Africa this week. I’d been looking forward to it for the past year. My sister and brother-in-law started orphanages in Kenya and continue to support them, and this was my opportunity to finally get there and meet all the children and the wonderful people involved. My sister had even planned a safari for us. A safari!
Sadly, with the new drug I’m taking for stage 4 breast cancer, Ibrance (palbociclib), my immune system is weakened so I can’t get a couple of the vaccines that are recommended for travel to Kenya. My first thought was that I have terminal cancer, so what difference do...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - February 2, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN Tags: Breast Cancer living with people treatment Source Type: blogs
What ‘Next Year’ Means When You Have Stage 4 Breast Cancer
Last year, I said I would attend this year’s San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Instead, I’m sitting here in Michigan telling myself I’ll go next year. I’d better start making plans, because with metastatic breast cancer — also known as stage 4 breast cancer — I might start running out of “next years.”
The symposium, which was initiated in 1977 and takes place in San Antonio, Texas, was developed with the mission of providing state-of-the-art information about breast cancer, as well as a collaborative forum for researchers and physicians. This year’s meeting runs December 8 – 12.
I’ve ...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - December 10, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN Tags: Breast Cancer research 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
Social Media Helps Breast Cancer Patients
Here ' s a surprise for us! Social media helps breast cancer patients .... And it took a research study to tell them that. How many of us went online for support after breast cancer to the online groups at Komen , Breastcancer.org , or many other sites in the last decade? I know I did. I also started blogging and looking for offline support services. We ' ve know about this for a while now. But it took a bunch of scientists a while to figure this out. " Women who communicated online the most felt the most positive about their choices about treatment. They also said their decisions were more deliberate, and they were more...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - July 29, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: blogging cancer support online social media Source Type: blogs
Has A Cancer Diagnosis Changed How You Think?
I was reading over atKatyDid Cancerthat she turned 41. After being diagnosed with breast cancer before 35 she was never sure she would get to 40, or 41. (But now she is thinking 50.)This made me think. How do I think about how long I will live? And how would I think differently about how long I would live if I had never had cancer?At 19 (and invincible) I had no thought of how long I would live. Because I was barely an adult and between my freshman and sophomore years of college. And longevity was the last thing on my mind. I just assumed it would be shorter than without cancer.At 45 I was more responsible and married with...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - August 23, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: living with cancer quality of life thinking thoughts Source Type: blogs
That Breast Cancer Bond Thingy
While I was at the gym yesterday, I was on the bike getting my cardio in when I two women who I know started talking next to me. Then one of them came over to said hi. I knew she had a lot of cardiac issues last spring and I asked her how she was doing. She said she is better now but still had some soreness on the side of her rib cage. That didn ' t seem like a cardio issue so I asked her what it was.She had a mastectomy because she had her third occurrence of breast cancer. Twice on the left and this third time on the right. And all three were different cancers. I thought wow three different breast cancers and now two sep...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 13, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer bonds pinkification Source Type: blogs
With Stage 4 Breast Cancer, ‘Pinktober’ Awareness Just Isn’t Enough
The worst thing about living with metastatic breast cancer during Pinktober is seeing most of the attention placed on disease awareness and prevention.
We who have been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer are given little hope beyond continued treatment, and we’re slowly losing faith that a cure is coming.
So I am so encouraged by organizations like the Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance (MBC Alliance) that are dedicated to helping people with this terminal disease. This organization, whose members are dedicated to giving hope and making life better for us, brings together non-profits, patients, advocates, and p...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - October 26, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: blogs
