Taking Drug Dosing Off Autopilot
Many people with cancer receive drugs at their maximum tolerated dose, the highest drug dose possible before unacceptable side effects emerge. Anything up to the maximum dose, the thinking goes,...
View ArticlePhysicians Underestimate Severity of Radiation Side Effects
For people undergoing breast cancer treatment, the hope is physicians will recognize and address side effects of treatment as they occur. But a study on patients who received radiation therapy after...
View ArticleLiving Beyond a Diagnosis
As a nonfiction writer, research is a big part of my life. When I heard the words, “You have triple-negative breast cancer” in 2011 at age 57, I donned my research hat and went to work. I assembled...
View ArticlePatient Advocates Tune in for Precision Medicine Primer
More than 150 participants tuned in Feb. 16 for a virtual patient advocate forum on precision oncology held by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), which publishes Cancer Today....
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A Drive for Diversity
Brian Peguese of Indianapolis was just weeks away from his 10th birthday in November 2019 when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Over the following year, Peguese underwent several...
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Chemobrain: It’s Not Your Imagination
If you’ve found yourself referring to newfound forgetfulness or a momentary lapse in memory as “chemobrain” after your chemotherapy, you’re not alone. As many as 75% of cancer patients who receive...
View ArticleMaking Connections at the AACR Annual Meeting 2021
THOUSANDS OF SCIENTISTS COME TOGETHER from all over the world for the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting—whether in person or virtually, as has been the case for 2020 and...
View ArticleExpanding Immunotherapy
On May 4, 300 participants from 27 countries tuned in for a virtual patient advocate forum on “The Promise of Immuno-Oncology” held by the American Association for Cancer Research, which publishes...
View ArticlePutting the Patient in the Driver’s Seat
As chief executive officer and now executive chair of the Cancer Support Community, a global nonprofit network that each year provides more than $50 million in free support and navigation services to...
View ArticleA Treatment That Came Just in Time
In 2006 at age 46, I was diagnosed with an incurable blood cancer: follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma, stage IV. For the next 12 years, I was in continuous treatment, never obtaining a complete...
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