General Tips
Learning About Financial Solutions for Cancer Patients
Understanding the many financial issues that accompany a cancer diagnosis is an important part of managing your cancer and experiencing the best outcomes—in terms of both health and general well-being. Learning how to effectively handle your medical expenses will lessen money-related worries as well as ensure that you’re able to access the best care. To help you along your journey, Cancerconsultants.com has partnered with Fifth Season Financial Corp to launch the Financial Resource Center.
Understanding Peripheral Neuropathy
If you’ve received chemotherapy as part of your cancer treatment, one of the side effects you may experience is numbness and tingling in you extremities, also known as peripheral neuropathy. The following guidelines explain how to recognize and manage this condition.
Getting to Know Your Oncology Nurse
If you’ve been recently diagnosed with cancer, you’re probably meeting many healthcare providers. The following is an introduction to an especially important member of this team—your oncology nurse.
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Leukemia - AML Tips
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Leukemia
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Leukemia: What You Should Know About the Risk of a Low White Blood Cell Count
As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells it finds in the body, particularly cancer cells because they multiply quickly. However, chemotherapy can't differentiate between cancer cells and other rapidly dividing healthy cells, such as bone marrow cells. As a consequence, many chemotherapy patients, especially older patients, experience a drop in the levels of their blood cells, including their infection-fighting white blood cells. This may lead to the patient's chemotherapy being stopped or reduced until the white blood cell count recovers enough to resume treatment, which can give cancer cells a chance to grow. A low white blood cell count, a condition called neutropenia, may also increase a patient's risk of infection, which can lead to delays in treatment, or hospitalization.
Understanding Stem Cell Transplants
High-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow or blood stem cell transplantation (SCT) remains the best treatment available for selected patients with certain types of leukemia. The SCT process was developed more than 36 years ago and was considered such a major development of biomedical science that the individuals responsible were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1990. Continued refinement has made SCT safer and more widely available.
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Breast Cancer Tips
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Breast Cancer: What You Should Know About the Risk of a Low White Blood Cell Count
As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells it finds in the body, particularly cancer cells because they multiply quickly. However, chemotherapy can't differentiate between cancer cells and other rapidly dividing healthy cells, such as bone marrow cells. As a consequence, many chemotherapy patients, especially older patients, experience a drop in the levels of their blood cells, including their infection-fighting white blood cells.This may lead to the patient's chemotherapy being stopped or reduced until the white blood cell count recovers enough to resume treatment, which can give cancer cells a chance to grow. A low white blood cell count, a condition called neutropenia, may also increase a patient's risk of infection, which can lead to delays in treatment, or hospitalization.
Cancer Vaccines: Stimulating the Immune System to Attack Breast Cancer
As the age of personalized medicine approaches, the look and feel of cancer treatment may change dramatically. What if, rather than receiving one-size-fits all anticancer drugs, patients were treated with specially formulated treatments made to target their own cancer cells? What if patient’s own cancer and immune cells were actually used to develop a treatment just for their cancer?
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Cervical Cancer Tips
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Cervical Cancer: What You Should Know About the Risk of a Low White Blood Cell Count
As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells it finds in the body, particularly cancer cells because they multiply quickly. However, chemotherapy can't differentiate between cancer cells and other rapidly dividing healthy cells, such as bone marrow cells. As a consequence, many chemotherapy patients, especially older patients, experience a drop in the levels of their blood cells, including their infection-fighting white blood cells. This may lead to the patient's chemotherapy being stopped or reduced until the white blood cell count recovers enough to resume treatment, which can give cancer cells a chance to grow. A low white blood cell count, a condition called neutropenia, may also increase a patient's risk of infection, which can lead to delays in treatment, or hospitalization.
Understanding Cervical Cancer
What It Is, the Role of HPV, and How It May Be Prevented
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Leukemia - CLL Tips
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Leukemia
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Leukemia: What You Should Know About the Risk of a Low White Blood Cell Count
As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells it finds in the body, particularly cancer cells because they multiply quickly. However, chemotherapy can't differentiate between cancer cells and other rapidly dividing healthy cells, such as bone marrow cells. As a consequence, many chemotherapy patients, especially older patients, experience a drop in the levels of their blood cells, including their infection-fighting white blood cells. This may lead to the patient's chemotherapy being stopped or reduced until the white blood cell count recovers enough to resume treatment, which can give cancer cells a chance to grow. A low white blood cell count, a condition called neutropenia, may also increase a patient's risk of infection, which can lead to delays in treatment, or hospitalization.
Understanding Stem Cell Transplants
High-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow or blood stem cell transplantation (SCT) remains the best treatment available for selected patients with certain types of leukemia. The SCT process was developed more than 36 years ago and was considered such a major development of biomedical science that the individuals responsible were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1990. Continued refinement has made SCT safer and more widely available.
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Colorectal Cancer Tips
Colon Cancer Patients: Understanding Peripheral Neuropathy
If you’ve received chemotherapy as part of your colon cancer treatment, one of the side effects you may experience is numbness and tingling in you extremities, also known as peripheral neuropathy. The following guidelines explain how to recognize and manage this condition.
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Colon Cancer: What You Should Know About the Risk of a Low White Blood Cell Count
As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells it finds in the body, particularly cancer cells because they multiply quickly. However, chemotherapy can't differentiate between cancer cells and other rapidly dividing healthy cells, such as bone marrow cells. As a consequence, many chemotherapy patients, especially older patients, experience a drop in the levels of their blood cells, including their infection-fighting white blood cells. This may lead to the patient's chemotherapy being stopped or reduced until the white blood cell count recovers enough to resume treatment, which can give cancer cells a chance to grow. A low white blood cell count, a condition called neutropenia, may also increase a patient's risk of infection, which can lead to delays in treatment, or hospitalization.
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Lung Cancer Tips
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Lung Cancer: What You Should Know About the Risk of a Low White Blood Cell Count
As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells it finds in the body, particularly cancer cells because they multiply quickly. However, chemotherapy can't differentiate between cancer cells and other rapidly dividing healthy cells, such as bone marrow cells. As a consequence, many chemotherapy patients, especially older patients, experience a drop in the levels of their blood cells, including their infection-fighting white blood cells. This may lead to the patient's chemotherapy being stopped or reduced until the white blood cell count recovers enough to resume treatment, which can give cancer cells a chance to grow. A low white blood cell count, a condition called neutropenia, may also increase a patient's risk of infection, which can lead to delays in treatment, or hospitalization.
Cancer Vaccines: Stimulating the Immune System to Attack Lung Cancer
As the age of personalized medicine approaches, the look and feel of cancer treatment may change dramatically. What if, rather than receiving one-size-fits all anticancer drugs, patients were treated with specially formulated treatments made to target their own cancer cells? What if patient’s own cancer and immune cells were actually used to develop a treatment just for their cancer?
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Hodgkin's Lymphoma Tips
Lymphoma Patients: Understanding Peripheral Neuropathy
If you’ve received chemotherapy as part of your lymphoma treatment, one of the side effects you may experience is numbness and tingling in you extremities, also known as peripheral neuropathy. The following guidelines explain how to recognize and manage this condition.
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Lymphoma: What You Should Know About the Risk of a Low White Blood Cell Count
As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells it finds in the body, particularly cancer cells because they multiply quickly. However, chemotherapy can't differentiate between cancer cells and other rapidly dividing healthy cells, such as bone marrow cells. As a consequence, many chemotherapy patients, especially older patients, experience a drop in the levels of their blood cells, including their infection-fighting white blood cells. This may lead to the patient's chemotherapy being stopped or reduced until the white blood cell count recovers enough to resume treatment, which can give cancer cells a chance to grow. A low white blood cell count, a condition called neutropenia, may also increase a patient's risk of infection, which can lead to delays in treatment, or hospitalization.
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Tips
Lymphoma Patients: Understanding Peripheral Neuropathy
If you’ve received chemotherapy as part of your lymphoma treatment, one of the side effects you may experience is numbness and tingling in you extremities, also known as peripheral neuropathy. The following guidelines explain how to recognize and manage this condition.
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Lymphoma: What You Should Know About the Risk of a Low White Blood Cell Count
As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells it finds in the body, particularly cancer cells because they multiply quickly. However, chemotherapy can't differentiate between cancer cells and other rapidly dividing healthy cells, such as bone marrow cells. As a consequence, many chemotherapy patients, especially older patients, experience a drop in the levels of their blood cells, including their infection-fighting white blood cells. This may lead to the patient's chemotherapy being stopped or reduced until the white blood cell count recovers enough to resume treatment, which can give cancer cells a chance to grow. A low white blood cell count, a condition called neutropenia, may also increase a patient's risk of infection, which can lead to delays in treatment, or hospitalization.
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Prostate Cancer Tips
What to Tell Children when Facing a Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
If you have children in your life, you already know that they tend to be creatures of habit who rely on their daily routine. There may be unexpected changes in their routine with your fight against cancer, and you may be concerned about the best way to talk to them about it.
Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Prostate Cancer: What You Should Know About the Risk of a Low White Blood Cell Count
As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells it finds in the body, particularly cancer cells because they multiply quickly. However, chemotherapy can't differentiate between cancer cells and other rapidly dividing healthy cells, such as bone marrow cells. As a consequence, many chemotherapy patients, especially older patients, experience a drop in the levels of their blood cells, including their infection-fighting white blood cells. This may lead to the patient's chemotherapy being stopped or reduced until the white blood cell count recovers enough to resume treatment, which can give cancer cells a chance to grow. A low white blood cell count, a condition called neutropenia, may also increase a patient's risk of infection, which can lead to delays in treatment, or hospitalization.
Cancer Vaccines: Stimulating the Immune System to Attack Prostate Cancer
As the age of personalized medicine approaches, the look and feel of cancer treatment may change dramatically. What if, rather than receiving one-size-fits all anticancer drugs, patients were treated with specially formulated treatments made to target their own cancer cells? What if patient’s own cancer and immune cells were actually used to develop a treatment just for their cancer?
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Stem Cell Transplantation Tips
Allogeneic Blood Stem Cell Transplants Using Less Toxic Treatment Regimens (Minitransplants) are a Promising New Cancer Treatment Approach
Allogeneic bone marrow or blood stem cell transplantation after intensive treatment with irradiation and/or chemotherapy is widely used to treat leukemias and other cancers of the blood and lymph nodes. Such transplants can cure leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
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