Cancer Care

Alicia Ciccone

A Battle With Cancer Gives Life To A Startup

HuffingtonPost.com | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 03.21.2012

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Healing can come from unlikely places. When Lee Rhodes dropped a votive into a small blown glass bowl, the warm light emitted some much-needed comfort...

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Mom Builds Special Preschool For Kids With Cancer, Prone To Infection

Posted 02.18.2012

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For children battling cancer, the treatment wreaks havoc not only on their bodies, but also on their social well being. One mom is working to change t...

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Confronting a Terminal Diagnosis as a Family

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 03.19.2012

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Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.

The challenges that families must face when confronted with a terminal diagnosis of a loved one are complex. They include evolving new structures and dynamics as the person they love slowly slips away.

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Cancer Care Becoming Unaffordable In Developed Countries: Experts

Posted 11.26.2011

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An explosion of new technologies and treatments for cancer coupled with a rapid rise in cases of the disease worldwide mean cancer care is rapidly...

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Waiving Away Affordability of Health Care

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Geyman

The urgency and stakes for real reform just notch up with each passing month and year.

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Study Shows Value Of Quality-Of-Life Cancer Care

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 11.17.2011

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Palliative care, which helps the gravely ill make the most of the time they have left, provided a surprising bonus for terminal lung cancer patients: ...

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Impact of Disparities on Access and Quality of Cancer Care

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Geyman

Disparities within the U. S. health care system result in serious impacts on access to care for patients with cancer at all stages. The American Cancer Society launched a national effort in 2007 calling for system reform.

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U.S. Cancer Costs Double In Nearly 20 Years

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.17.2011

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ATLANTA — The cost of treating cancer in the United States nearly doubled over the past two decades, but expensive cancer drugs may not be the m...

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Tips For Cancer Care

Dr. Rock Positano | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Rock Positano

It's the dreaded diagnosis no one wants to hear. Actor Patrick Swayze is the latest public figure waging the fight of his life. He's one of more tha...

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