Cancer Health Spring 2021
Cancer Health Spring 2021
In every issue, you’ll find cutting-edge health information and the hottest topics of interest to people with cancer and their loved ones.
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A Cancer You Can’t Cut Out
Heidi Yates, who has chronic lymphocytic leukemia, has the grit it takes to fight for a good life with chronic blood cancer.
The Next Cancer Breakthroughs
An inside look at five research developments that have the potential to transform the treatment of cancer
Editor’s Letter
Behind the Breakthroughs
The theme of this issue is the science underlying advances in cancer care and treatment.
Care & Treatment
Fecal Transplants Boost Immunotherapy
Altering gut bacteria may help overcome resistance to checkpoint inhibitors in people with melanoma and other cancers.
Blood Test for Colon Cancer
A personalized blood test can detect colon cancer recurrence sooner than scans.
Sotorasib Shrinks Lung Cancer
More than 80% of lung cancer patients treated with the targeted therapy experienced remission or had stable disease.
Cancer Mortality Drops
The decrease is largely due to improved lung cancer treatment, but the impact of COVID-19 is not yet known.
Now Approved
Here are latest cancer drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
COVID-19 Vaccines for Cancer Patients
The COVID-19 vaccines are safe and should be effective even for people with advanced cancer.
mRNA Vaccines for Cancer
COVID-19 vaccine’s mRNA technology could one day help treat cancer.
Cancer News
Cook for Your Life
Ann Ogden Gaffney never set out to launch a cooking website for people living with cancer.
Statins Protect Heart After Breast Cancer
Cholesterol-lowering meds may reduce cardiotoxic chemotherapy side effects in women with early breast cancer.
New Healthy Survival Guides
A new resource for survivors helps guide life after cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Fans Fight Breathlessness
Breathlessness is a common symptom of advanced metastatic cancer.
Keesha Sharp Honors Her Mom
Since her mother died of pancreatic cancer, actress Keesha Sharp wants to teach others about the robust research on the disease’s treatment.
Voices
Soul Awareness
Retired schoolteacher Michael Kovarik, 64, lives with his partner on their farm in Greenwich, New York. He has metastatic breast cancer.
Basics
Radiation Therapy
Innovative approaches can kill tumor cells more effectively and with fewer side effects.
Diary
A Hodgkin Lymphoma Diary: Erica Campbell
When Erica Campbell, age 35, was diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkin lymphoma, she could barely stand.
Your Team
Care of the Heart
Cardiologist Michael Fradley, MD, is the medical director of the Penn Medicine Cardio-Oncology Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
How To
Caring for Your Skin
Minimize side effects, soothe skin and speed recovery from radiation therapy.
Resources
Colorectal Cancer
Whether you are newly diagnosed, are on treatment or are a survivor, family member or caregiver, these resources can help.
Good Stuff
Getting Healthy
Just in time for spring: gadgets, gear, products and stories to help heal your mind, body and spirit
Life With Cancer
My Healing Angel
Siri Lindley, 51, a former world-class triathlete, lives with her wife in Longmont, Colorado. She was treated for acute myeloid leukemia.
Survey
Treatment Choices
Tell us about your treatment experience.
Digital Edition
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