The latest oncology survivorship news & quality of life updates
Counting the cost of brain radiotherapy
Radiation therapy (RT) using high-energy particles, like x-rays or electron beams, is a common and…
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ASCO 2017: Healthy Lifestyle After Colon Cancer Diagnosis Helps Patients Live Longer
A study of 992 patients with stage III colon cancer found that those who reported…
Balance, gait negatively impacted after chemotherapy treatment
A single chemotherapy treatment can result in a significant negative impact on walking gait and…
ASCO 2017: Behavioural therapy lowers survivors’ fear of cancer recurrence
About 50% of all cancer survivors and 70% of young breast cancer survivors report moderate…
ASCO 2017: Low testosterone after testicular cancer is common, linked to chronic health problems
In a large study, 38% of 491 testicular cancer survivors had low testosterone levels, known…
ASCO 2017: Pregnancy After Breast Cancer Does Not Increase Chance of Recurrence
Findings from a retrospective study of 1,200 women provide reassurance to breast cancer survivors who…
ASCO 2017: Steady decrease in severe health problems for childhood cancer survivors
Treatments for childhood cancer are often intense and carry the risk of lifelong health problems…
Do men have worse chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy than women?
Men seem to have worse chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy than women despite receiving similar cancer treatments, according…
Among all cancers, lung cancer appears to put patients at greatest suicide risk
A lung cancer diagnosis appears to put patients at the greatest risk of suicide when…
TRACEBACK for change in ovarian cancer
Australian women diagnosed with ovarian cancer before 2013, and their families, will be proactively identified…