Oncology & Cancer
When cancer simply vanishes, could it be a key to a cure?
In her 28-year career, Dr. Deborah Axelrod, a New York physician, says she's had just one patient whose advanced breast cancer inexplicably vanished.
Sep 22, 2014
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Supportive Care in Cancer
"Supportive Care in Cancer" provides members of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) and all other interested individuals, groups and institutions with the most recent scientific and social information on all aspects of supportive care in cancer patients. The journal primarily covers medical, technical and surgical topics concerning supportive therapy and care which may supplement or substitute basic cancer treatment at all stages of the disease. Nursing, rehabilitative, psychosocial and spiritual issues of support is also covered.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Website
- http://www.springer.com/medicine/oncology/journal/520
- Impact factor
- 2.597 (2011)
Oncology & Cancer
The case for having dentists on your cancer care team
Cancer treatment often takes a team of health professionals—oncologists, nurses, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, and social workers—to coordinate and provide comprehensive support for patients. At NYU, dentists ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Light therapy could replace opioids as main treatment for cancer treatment side effect
A worldwide coalition of researchers and clinicians has agreed that light therapy is among the most effective interventions for the prevention of oral mucositis, painful ulcers in the mouth resulting from cancer therapy.
Jul 9, 2019
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Medications
Gabapentinoids appear increasingly to be prescribed, off-label, for cancer pain
Between 2005 and 2015, as the opioid crisis in America came into focus, prescriptions for gabapentinoid medications—gabapentin and pregabalin—to adults with cancer saw a two-fold increase, a University of Michigan Rogel ...
Oct 28, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
A terrible choice: Cancer treatment or hospice care, but not both
Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals offer something Medicare does not: In some cases, treatments meant to alter the course of a disease can be offered along with hospice care. Now Colorado researchers are looking ...
Nov 28, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
For many cancer patients, diagnosis brings psychological 'silver lining'
(HealthDay)—Could a cancer diagnosis sometimes produce positive life changes? In a new study, many people with colon cancer, even in advanced stages, believed their diagnosis had brought some beneficial effects to their ...
Jan 11, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds art at the bedside of cancer patients is good medicine
The simple distraction of looking at art and discussing it helped bring calm to a group of patients at the Wilmot Cancer Institute—and also provided moments of Zen for the medical student who led the study.
Mar 29, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Four weeks to prepare cancer patients for surgery
Just four weeks of prehabilitation may be enough to help some cancer patients get in shape for surgery. That's according to a recent study of close to 120 colorectal cancer patients in Montreal. This potentially means that, ...
Dec 1, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Strength training may prevent side effect of breast cancer surgery
(HealthDay)—Strength training might benefit breast cancer survivors who've undergone surgery, researchers suggest.
Dec 9, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Spirituality can promote the health of breast cancer survivors
Throughout her 20-year career as a nurse practitioner, Jennifer Hulett noticed survivors of breast cancer would often express gratitude for being alive and mention God or a divine acknowledgement that had improved their health ...
Jun 23, 2021
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