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Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs

How Chemotherapy Works

George Zaidan | Posted 02.19.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Cancer Treatment, Cancer, Surgery, Radiation, Chemotherapy, Video, Personal Health, Treatment for Cancer, Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs, Chronic Conditions, Breast Cancer Chemotherapy, Chemo, Healthy Living News
George Zaidan

Cancer isn't one disease, and there isn't one cure. The menu of treatment options includes drugs (chemotherapy), surgery, and radiation; they are often used together or one after another.

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I'm Not Your Typical Cancer Survivor

Alice Crisci | Posted 11.06.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Young Woman, Breast Cancer, Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs, Fertile Action, Fertility Preservation, Medical Marijuana, Alice Crisci, Rachel Beller, Cancer, Cancer Survivor, Healthy Living News
Alice Crisci

I'm not your typical cancer survivor. Course, I don't really know what "typical" means in this case. After all, I feel like I've only been "a survivor...

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No Use Crying Over Cancer Chemo?

Hollye Harrington Jacobs | Posted 09.12.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Chemotherapy, Silver Lining, Cytoxan, Tamoxifen, Breast Cancer, Adriamycin, Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs, Cancer, Healthy Living Body, Cancer Chemotherapy, Healthy Living News
Hollye Harrington Jacobs

As a matter of fact, I have now met my inner "Chemo-Sobby," i.e., I cry at the drop of a hat. Truth be told, the drop of a bread crumb could actually make me burst into tears!

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Breast Cancer Chemotherapy: Everything You Wish You Didn't Need to Know

Hollye Harrington Jacobs | Posted 05.31.2011 | Home
Read More: Chemotherapy Drugs, Chemotherapy Cancer, Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs, Cancer Chemotherapy, Home News
Hollye Harrington Jacobs

Tomorrow is the first day of chemotherapy. WTF? Did I really just write that? Really? Seems so surreal.

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In the Chemo Room: Financing Alternative Care

Robert Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Emerald Heart Cancer Foundation, Sue Memhard, Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs, Denver News
Robert Schwab

"It is quite emotional when you're fighting for your life and you are out of money." Those are the words of Sue Memhard, recent founder of the Emeral...

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'Cooling Caps' Tested To Help Cancer Patients Keep Hair

latimes.com | Amber Dance, Special to the Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Chemotherapy Side Effects, Chemotherapy Hair Loss, Breast-Cancer-Chemotherapy, Chemotherapy, Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs, Home News

A handful of San Francisco breast cancer patients are donning frigid skullcaps to test a device designed to keep hair tightly rooted during chemothera...

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Waiving Away Affordability of Health Care

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Corporate Conflicts of Interest, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Wellness Plans, Health Care Reform 2010,   Lack of Health Insurance, Patient?S Health Insurance Coverage, Access and Quality of Cancer Care, America?S Health Care Plans, The Cancer Generation: Baby Boomers Facing a Perfect Storm, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, Under-Use of Necessary Care, Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs, Aha, John P. Geyman M.D., Cancer Care, Cancer, Ppaca, American Hospital Association, Politics News
John Geyman

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

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Impact of Disparities on Access and Quality of Cancer Care

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Wellness Plans, Patient?S Health Insurance Coverage,   Lack of Health Insurance, Access and Quality of Cancer Care, The Cancer Generation: Baby Boomers Facing a Perfect Storm, America?S Health Care Plans, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, Under-Use of Necessary Care, Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs, Aha, John P. Geyman M.D., Cancer Care, Cancer, Ppaca, American Hospital Association, Politics News
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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