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Cancer is complicated. And being a survivor can be complicated, too — confounding, confronting, and confusing. Even starting with the word itself. It can be confusing to know exactly what is meant by cancer survivor. So for the first time in the 18 years of my own survival, I looked up the definition on the […]
The number of Americans living with cancer will increase by nearly a third to almost 18 million by 2022, according to a report released on Th ursday by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute. Researchers found that even though the incidence rates of cancer are decreasing, the number of cancer survivors is […]
A 2005 US Institute of Medicine report championed care plans for people who survive cancer. But, as Bob Kirsch reports, many survivors are still missing out on the close follow-up that they need. This June, when she chairs the session—Optimizing Efficient and Effective Care of Cancer Survivors—at the annual meeting of the American Society of […]
Many primary care doctors don’t know the long-term side effects of the chemotherapy treatments that cancer survivors under their care may have been given, a new survey found. On the other hand, most oncologists — though not all — are familiar with the side effects of four common treatments used to treat breast and colon […]
Doctors need to be better educated about the significant long-term side effects of chemotherapy that may affect their cancer survivor patients, according to new research published Wednesday in advance of the 47th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Currently there are at least 12 million cancer survivors in the United States. […]
While the number of cancer survivors has tripled since the 1970s and continues to grow decades later, the cost of that survival for many of them has been the development of secondary cancers and cardiovascular disease related to radiation treatment, according to an upcoming report by a scientific committee. The committee, convened by the National […]
More than 20 years after treatment, breast cancer patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy exhibited cognitive deficits compared with women who were never diagnosed with cancer. The results, which appeared online February 27 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, suggest that the phenomenon known as chemobrain can persist for decades after cancer treatment ends and may […]
After cancer treatment is complete, people often face a unique set of challenges and experience mixed emotions as they return to everyday life. That is why ASCO is offering a new booklet designed to help patients prepare for this transition and focus on their long-term health. This free booklet helps people understand what to expect […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its report on the state of shortages for cancer drugs and other conditions and has highlighted manufacturing problems as a major cause. Following current news reports on the shortages of many drugs used for cancer and other conditions, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions asked […]
NCCS volunteer and Super Advocate, Jasan Zimmerman, is featured in a CNN Health article about childhood cancer survivors. The article references a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association that finds that survivors of childhood cancer are at increased risk of dying of second cancers and circulatory diseases 25 years or more after their diagnosis. […]
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