Well-being
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Healthy Habits
Fitness BoostPatients living with advanced cancer may find that exercise helps them build strength and maintain independence.
by Jane C. Hu
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Palliative Care Pays OffPatients with advanced cancer who receive palliative care tend to live longer and have better quality of life than those who do not receive this care.
by Cheryl Platzman Weinstock
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Gaps in End-of-Life CareRacial and ethnic backgrounds can be factors in whether cancer patients take advantage of hospice care. Researchers and clinicians are trying to understand the gaps and design strategies to bridge them.
by Charlotte Huff
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Forward Look
An Overlooked Long-Term Side EffectQ&A with Patricia Ganz on chemotherapy-related nerve damage.
by Sue Rochman
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Forward Look
Be Alert to Heart HealthRisk of stroke and heart disease increases after a cancer diagnosis.
by Robin Meadows
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Forward Look
Tracking Treatment Side Effects Benefits Cancer PatientsQuick response to symptoms improves quality of life and survival.
by Cameron Walker
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Forward Look
Routine Health Care for Cancer SurvivorsPatients are sometimes unsure when to see their primary care provider.
by Dara Chadwick
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A Sense of PurposeIN TRYING TO CONVEY how her husband, Paul Kalanithi, endured after learning he had advanced lung cancer, Lucy Kalanithi frequently falls back on Friedrich Nietzche’s words loosely translated: “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” Paul was a student of philosophy and literature who wanted to explore life’s most difficult questions […]
by Marci A. Landsmann
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Learning to ShareAt first, I wanted to hide my cancer diagnosis. My son showed me what a mistake that was.
by Lenn Robbins
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Life After Pediatric Brain CancerSurvivors of pediatric brain or spinal cord tumors can have cognitive and physical impairments. Researchers say that these deficits can be minimized with the right interventions.
by Cheryl Platzman Weinstock
