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Cancer Recurrence

When the Other Shoe Drops: Making Sense of Life When Cancer Returns

Amy Curran Baker | Posted 04.12.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Living With Breast Cancer, Living With Cancer, Cancer Recurrence, Personal Health, Breast Cancer, Cancer Experience, Breast Cancer Recurrence, Cancer Survivor, Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Survivor, Breast Cancer Treatment, Healthy Living News
Amy Curran Baker

My medical oncologist asks me how I'm doing "psychologically." And the truth is that most days I'm fine. Although I wish -- of course -- that I didn't have cancer again. I am calm and methodical about my cancer and how I will go about treating it, because now it is just a part of my life.

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Preventing a Recurrence of Cancer

Keith I. Block, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Cancer Survivor, Cancer Recurrence, Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Research, Healthy Living News
Keith I. Block, M.D.

According to the National Cancer Institute, there are over 12 million cancer survivors in the U.S. That number is expected to grow as the population ages and treatments improve.

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