Not long ago, a thyroid cancer diagnosis all but guaranteed a patient would have their entire thyroid removed. But newer guidelines have called for a less radical, more personalized standard of care. “There has been a big shift in the pendulum in the way...
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Thyroid cancer is one of the most rapidly growing cancers in the U.S., and the approach to treatment has changed in recent years. If you have been diagnosed with this cancer, getting a second opinion from a specialist can increase your chances for a success...
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By Marian Dennis Originally published in Forward – Summer/Fall 2020 Being a caregiver for a loved one with cancer can be frightening and heart-wrenching, but it can also be rewarding. In many ways, it’s a job as complicated as the disease itself. “...
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By Marian Dennis Originally published in Forward – Winter/Spring 2021 Among the many changes that cancer and its treatment bring, perhaps none is more challenging than cachexia (pronounced “kuh-KEK-see-uh”), a wasting syndrome in which patients experi...
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There’s no way to know for sure whether a successfully treated cancer will come back. But circulating tumor DNA, or ctDNA, testing can help. If you or a loved one has recently completed treatment, here are five important points you should know about this ne...
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One of the trendy health topics right now is gut health. Fashionable or not, it’s an exciting area of research. Scientists are making new discoveries about the role of the gut microbiome and how it’s related to disease—including cancer. What is a microbi...
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