Archive for March, 2009
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I’m Too Young For This Conference Boston
There are still a few slots left for registration at youngcancerconference.org. The conference is free and is going to be a blast. Break out sessions will include juicy YA topics like singles and cancer, nutrition, mindfulness, caring for the caregiver. Rumor has it that [...]
Thank You StupidCancer.com
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Check it out I am #19 on the list!!! [permalink] I know this is shameless self promotion, but I know I wouldn’t have gotten on the list without Stupid Cancer.com and Matt Zachary.
Mel is a breast cancer survivor. Listen to her on The Vic McCarty Show on wmktthetalkstation.com and [...]
6 Nausea helpers
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Chemotherapy and nausea. The words go hand in hand. Medicine has come a long way in helping control nausea over the years, in my case Emend was a lifesaver. Unfortunately for some people even that is not enough, plus it can run $150 per three day cycle. If this is [...]
Oncologist From Hell
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I watched my first episode of Grey’s Anatomy last nite. It wasn’t planned. I was flipping through channels and stumbled upon it. I heard about the storyline regarding Izzie’s diagnosis of metastatic melanoma in previous post. The scene I saw involved Izzie’s oncologist reading her and the medical team the [...]
Make A Difference in Ten Minutes
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You know the shtick, we are the forgotten cancer generation; we lack age specific clinical trials, psycho-social support, and understanding of how our diseases function. Somethings gotta give!
Vital Options is an incredible organization that has been advocating for us for two decades. Help them out by diving in and getting [...]
Obesity and cancer
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
I often ask my medical students what are the most common preventable causes of cancer. Their first response invariably, is tobacco, which is correct. For number two they list the environment – wrong. Obesity is the next most common cause.
I was thinking about this today as I read the Los Angeles [...]
This Is Your “Real Age” On Drugs…
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Would you fill out a survery about your health and give it to the marketing department of GlaxoSmithKline? Probably not. But if it were presented by Dr. Oz (of Oprah fame) as a tool to show you how you could improve your health, you just might not read all of [...]
Cancer Screeing Tests…Friend or Foe?
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As a cancer survivor I am all too familiar with cancer screening tests. Two years ago I went to Sloan for my annual mammo and breast MRI. My mammo came back normal but my MRI lit up with something new that was never there before. My doc said she was [...]
Is There Melanoma In You Genes?
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WEDNESDAY, March 25 — A genetic variation that’s associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk of melanoma in women under the age of 50 has been identified by researchers at the New University School of Medicine.
“Potentially, we have a genetic test that might identify premenopausal women who are at higher [...]
The Blue Room
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A few days ago I had doctors appointment with my primary care physician, not surprising, I usually have been averaging 6-7 doctor appointments a month. This one was a little different. First of all, this is the only doctor appointment I have all month, finally I don’t need to see [...]
Yoga and Cancer on The Stupid Cancer Show
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Do the words “yoga healing” conjure images of spa-like relaxation, chiming bells, and waterfalls? This nirvanic bliss may be the end result, but any proactive patient knows that even when it comes to alternative medicine and yoga, a lot of hard work goes into creating a good, safe, personal practice.
How [...]
Dude, Pass It On…
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Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows
The active ingredient in marijuana cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer in half and significantly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread, say researchers at Harvard University who tested the chemical in both lab and mouse studies. [permalink]
Mel [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Everything Changes - The Insider’s Guide to Cancer in your 20s and 30s
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As a young patient you can feel like your experience of cancer and what comes after it is different or wrong. It has been my exceptional good fortune to get to know Kairol Rosenthal through blogging and I jumped at the chance to read her book, Everything Changes. You should [...]
The More Radical, The Better!
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In an analysis of over 650 breast cancer patients at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, researchers found that if you are younger than 35 and have breast cancer, your survival chances are better if you have more radical therapy. Specifically, how radical? Opt for a [...]
Prostate cancer: To test or not to test?
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
Last week the results of two studies of testing for prostate cancer were posted online at the New England Journal of Medicine website. Both studies looked at the death rate of men tested for prostate cancer with the PSA test and rectal exam, and compared them with men who weren’t tested.
In [...]
Cancer Identity Theft - What Would You Do?
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In an earlier post this week, I asked the question What would you do for health insurance? Lie, cheat, steal? Last weekend, the Chicago Tribune ran a story about Mariana de la Torre, a 28-year-old cervical cancer patient. With no money, and as an illegal immigrant with no access to [...]
The Stupid Cancer Blog makes the “Top 50 Cancer Survival Inspiration Blogs”
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Stupid Cancer Newsletter, Winter/Spring 2009
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Tactics for Nervous Cancer Times
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I’ve got a check up on Thursday that will tell me the status of two tumors nestled near my jugular vein. Today in a guest blog post on Glamour.com, I wrote about tactics for surviving nervous times:
“For starters I engage in the power of realistic thinking….Of course I’m afraid that [...]
Keeping Your Peeps in the Loop
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Some young adult cancer patients want to share the blow by blow of their cancer experience with second cousins, the next door neighbor, and the guy who washes the windows at work. Others want the experience to be more private, revealing the milestone news in need-to-know, scaled back updates. Social [...]
I wasn’t trusted.
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
I’ve told the story about this patient many times, perhaps even on this blog. She was Black and had widespread breast cancer. This occurs, unfortunately, too often in Black women. It isn’t, necessarily, that they get worse care or later diagnosis. No, the fact is that for reasons no one understands, [...]
Go Blind Or Die Trying…
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Men could reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer through regular masturbation, researchers suggest. They say cancer-causing chemicals could build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly. And they say sexual intercourse may not have the same protective effect because of the possibility of contracting a sexually [...]
Doctor Admits Pain Studies Were Frauds, Hospital Says (WTF?)
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In what may be among the longest-running and widest-ranging cases of academic fraud, one of the most prolific researchers in anesthesiology has admitted that he fabricated much of the data underlying his research, said a spokeswoman for the hospital where he works.
The researcher, Dr. Scott S. Reuben, an anesthesiologist in [...]
YA Cancer hits Grey’s
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Did you watch Grey’s Anatomy last night? If you missed it, here’s the recap: One of the main characters, twenty-nine year-old Izzy Stevens (Played by Katherine Heigl) was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. While I was angry that the only TV show I watch regularly is now going to feature a [...]
Stand Up To Cancer : Where’d The Money Go?
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Well, it’s been almost a year since the market blitz of SU2C began and we all got out juices flowing thinking this was the 2nd coming of the cure prophet messiah of awesometown.
They raised $100,000,000 (That’s 100 million dollars!) last Summer which, purportedly all went to AACR, the American Association [...]
