As cancer treatments advance and survival rates increase, how is the quality of life among cancer survivors? Outside factors such as employment can play a large role in this. Among patients who are undergoing treatment or have survived cancer, what can the specifics of their occupational status tell us about their quality of life?
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) can be painful and life-threatening if it is not caught in time. How can you educate patients with symptoms or who are newly diagnosed about the detection, symptoms, risk factors, and treatment of CML?
Multiple myeloma is an uncommon form of cancer, and one that may not produce symptoms right away. Because of this, patients with higher risk due to family history, exposure, or other reasons may need more education about it. How can you explain multiple myeloma to your patients?
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are a rare form of blood cancer. Though most people don’t know a lot about, approximately 20,000 people develop MPNs each year. Here are the basics you can explain to a concerned patient.
Although many Americans are at risk of developing colorectal cancer, they may not be aware of their own specific risk factors that they could have for it. What should medical professionals be teaching their patients about on regarding the risks, symptoms, detection, and prevention of colorectal cancer?
Although chronic kidney disease (CKD) is among the more common kidney ailments, patients may not be well-versed in its symptoms or complications. What should patients know about CKD, and how should healthcare providers be educating them?
Despite how common prostate cancer is in American men, misconceptions about its symptoms, detection, treatment, and management persist.
Patients may neglect their skin health when the weather gets cold, but they remain at risk of damaging their skin and developing cancer in the winter, too. What winter-specific risk factors can clinicians discuss with patients?
Researchers have found a concerning level of distress in oncologists as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that needs to be addressed so that they can better treat their patients and safeguard their own mental health.
Smoking is consistently seen as a risk for various cancers, and in recent years it has been connected to colorectal cancer in particular.
