The latest oncology survivorship news & quality of life updates
Breast cancer deadlier in heart attack survivors
Breast Cancer patients are 60 percent more likely to die of cancer after surviving a…
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Rebooting healthy eating habits in child cancer survivors
A pilot healthy eating program has increased parents’ confidence and knowledge in encouraging their child’s…
Findings set new standard for blood-based biomarkers in prediction of cancer recurrence
US researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, Milan Radovich, PhD, and Bryan Schneider,…
Monitoring for breast cancer after childhood chest radiation: When and how?
Chest radiation is used to treat children with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma as well as…
Online program improves insomnia in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors
Adolescents and young adults (AYA) who have survived cancer often continue to suffer from insomnia…
New research finds over one third of prostate cancer survivors need more supportive care
New research by Cancer Council NSW has found that over one third of long-term Australian…
Cancer patients less likely to be prescribed cardioprotective medications
As cancer survivor rates increase with modern treatments, cardiovascular disease (CVD) rates are rising in…
Unique cells found in lung cancer patients may predict survival
Size and number of fused cancer and immune cells linked to survival in non-small cell…
Identifying survivors at high risk of secondary cancers
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are studying the combined effect of cancer treatments…
Adherence to oral diabetes drugs may improve survival in diabetics with colorectal cancer
Among patients with both colorectal cancer and diabetes in Korea, those who had a high…