Cancer Health Spring 2023
Cancer Health Spring 2023
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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Features
A Star Is Reborn
Terminal brain cancer prompted Catherine Wreford Ledlow to return to the stage, with determination and grit.
What to Eat During Cancer Treatment
For people who are newly diagnosed or undergoing active treatment, there is little specific dietary guidance, but new evidence is emerging.
Editor’s Letter
More Than Meds
Cancer Health editor Trent Straube introduces the spring 2023 issue, including articles on treatments, exercise, clinical trials and more.
News
Don’t Drink to That
All alcoholic drinks—even wine—are carcinogenic.
Colorectal Screenings
Manly barriers and promising access via mail-in tests for colorectal screenings.
Diagnoses in the News
Andy Taylor, Tim Commerford, Jamie Raskin and Martina Navratilova make cancer headlines.
#ThisIsMBC Asks People With Metastatic Breast Cancer to Imagine the Future
“I can imagine that my children will see me grow as I see them grow. I can imagine that I can get through this."
Prior Authorization Problems
An ASCO survey shows that prior authorization is more than a massive inconvenience in cancer care—it’s actually harmful.
Care & Treatment
Latest Advances in Breast Cancer
Check out these promising breast cancer studies.
What’s New in Blood Cancer?
Check out these advances in blood cancer research and treatment.
Now Approved – Spring 2023
Newly FDA-approved drugs for ovarian, bladder, liver cancer, and more.
Exercise May Improve Gut Microbiome
Cancer patients who engaged in regular moderate exercise had a greater diversity of bacteria in their intestines and reduced inflammation.
Promising Cancer Vaccines
Unlike custom-made vaccines, those that target common cancer antigens could be available off the shelf.
Basics
Metastatic Breast Cancer
Treatment can improve quality of life for people with advanced breast cancer.
Voices
The Emotional Side of Cancer
Cancer insight by Talaya Dendy, a board-certified patient advocate, cancer doula and podcaster. She’s also a Hodgkin lymphoma thriver.
Diary
A Kidney Cancer Diary
Chase Griffith, 46, lives in Dallas with his wife and two sons. He has metastatic chromophobe renal cell carcinoma.
Life With Cancer
My Perfect Stranger
Wanda Zimmer, 67, a retired flight attendant, lives in Newport Beach, California. She has chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
Resources
Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are scientific studies of experimental treatments. Here’s how to find one that might be right for you.
Your Team
Navigating a Clinical Trial
Kami Pullakhandam is a clinical research coordinator at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Breast Care Center.
Good Stuff
Treatment Treats
Cancer-related products made with comfort, style and you in mind
Solutions
Cancer-Related Weight Gain
For many cancer survivors, weight gain is an unwelcome side effect. But incorporating healthy lifestyle habits can help.
Survey
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Digital Edition
Cancer Health Spring 2023
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