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Art Therapy: Let Your Creative Juices Flow

February 9th 2018

By Bonnie Annis

The benefits of art therapy are bountiful. Doctors are finding art helpful in healing patients. Those affected by cancer can benefit from the use of art therapy.

How to Manage Hormone Therapy-Related Hot Flashes

February 9th 2018

By Kristie L. Kahl

Although hot flashes are most commonly associated with menopause, this uncomfortable feeling can also be a side effect that occurs in patients with cancer who are being treated with hormone therapy.

Post-Cancer Pain Affects Many Survivors, Emotionally and Physically

February 8th 2018

By Doris Cardwell

In my mind, I believed the "new normal" I heard people speak of to be something I would just walk right into after treatment. I was not prepared for post treatment pain issues.

Hair Today and Gone Tomorrow

February 8th 2018

By Barbara Tako

Breast cancer survivor rants (a little) about her post-chemotherapy hair shortage.

Lack of Information Can Be Frustrating for Survivors

February 2nd 2018

By Doris Cardwell

I am forever thankful for the care I received from my oncology care team. But I am also often frustrated by lack of knowledge for late-term effects resulting from that care.

Brain Training in Breast Cancer Survivors Combats Chemobrain

February 1st 2018

By Kristie L. Kahl

Brain HQ, founded by Posit Science, is a computerized brain training program, designed to improve speed of processing information and accuracy in the brain.

Cancer Therapies: The Common and the Controversial

January 31st 2018

By Khevin Barnes

Deciding on a cancer treatment plan could be the most important decision a survivor makes.

Variety of Factors Decrease Health-Related Quality of Life in Geriatric Patients

January 31st 2018

By Kristie L. Kahl

Additional physical and mental components may seriously affect health-related quality of life in older patients with cancer.

Chemo-Related Hearing Loss: A Pressing Issue in a Social World

January 31st 2018

By Jane Biehl Ph.D.

While hearing loss may not seem as major as a cancer diagnosis, patients and physicians should pay close attention to it, as it can drastically affect quality of life.

Side Effects and Psychologic Distress May Stick Around After Remission

January 29th 2018

By Kim Johnson

No matter how difficult it may have been and is to watch another endure cancer, nothing will ever compare to the level of difficulty for those who live with that diagnosis daily.