cancer Archives

Anne Ireland, executive director of Nursing at City of Hope

Be Prepared: Putting Together an Emergency Preparedness Kit

Anne Ireland outlines the important things a cancer patient should keep in an emergency preparedness kit in case of natural disaster or pandemic.

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Medical Marijuana: More Science Could Help Clear the Air

What's the scoop on medical marijuana? Legal? Helpful? Find the most up-to-date information on what it is approved for, and where the research is going.

Complementary Therapies—a Way to Gain Peace?

What techniques are other pancreatic cancer patients using to relieve symptoms and side effects, and cope with treatment? Learn more about the most popular complementary therapies.

Social worker Lauren Shaffer discussed scanxiety.

Scanxiety—A Nearly Universal Experience Among Cancer Patients

Social worker Lauren Shaffer provides tips and insights into managing scanxiety, the worry that accompanies follow-up scans and tests for cancer patients.

Palliative care expert Holly Prigerson, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Research on End-of-Life Care at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.

The Rallying Remedy: The Value of Palliative Care

Palliative care expert Holly Prigerson explains the advantages of palliative care during treatment as well as part of an end-of-life plan.

Ann Ogden holds a platter of fresh spinach for patients. Nutritious food is key for patients after a Whipple procedure.

How to Eat After a Whipple Procedure

After recovering from cancer, Ann Ogden decided to help other patients learn how to cook food that would help them through treatment and recovery.

Vice-president Joe Biden seated second from left at a panel discussion at the University of Pennsylvania

Biden Speaks at Penn for the First Time after Being Appointed a Professor, Calls for Progress on Cancer Research

This story was written by Stephen Imburgia and appeared in the Daily Pennsylvanian on February 28, 2017. As part of…

Microscope image of lipid bubbles in shades of orange and yellow

New Biopsy Shows Promise For Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Trovagene is developing a liquid biopsy for pancreatic cancer patients, to allow doctors to test for cancer and track treatment response.

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Testing the Effectiveness of Radiation and Standard Treatment

A clinical trial compares FOLFIRINOX plus stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) with just FOLFIRINOX for pancreatic cancer that has spread locally.

White gloved hands of a lab worker filling a pipette, with purple-topped test tubes in the background

Immunotherapy Treatments Provide Hope to Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Dr. Robert Vonderheide of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania describes immunotherapy trials for pancreatic cancer.