Fertility Preservation for Childhood Cancer Survivors
About 1 in every 500 children is diagnosed with cancer. Roughly 75% of these children beat the disease, but aggressive treatment protocols leave many of these children infertile.
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Treating Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: HER2 Targeted Therapies
In addition to chemotherapy, another systemic treatment for invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) is HER2 targeted therapy. If your cancer tests positive for HER2 proteins, HER2 targeted therapy is almost always included in the treatment plan.
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Treating Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: Chemotherapy
After the total profile for invasive ductal carcinoma has been
determined, including the stage, grade, and hormone receptor status,
your treatment team will put together a comprehensive treatment plan to
eliminate your cancer and, hopefully, prevent its return.
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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ: Signs and Symptoms
A carcinoma is any cancer that originates in the tissues covering or
lining internal organs. In situ literally means that the cells are
located in their original place. The most common form of breast cancer that is non-invasive is ductal
carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
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Low Sperm Count Can Increase Cancer Risk in Men
Researchers have recently found that men who are diagnosed as azoospermic, which is infertility because of an absence of sperm in ejaculate, are more likely to develop cancer at some point in their life.
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Wigs and Your Insurance Company
There are different types of prostheses that come with cancer, and some you may not even realize qualify as a prosthetic device.
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Tips for Coping with Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting
If you’re struggling with chemotherapy-induced nausea, here are a few more tips to help you ease it and cope with it.
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Marinol (Dronabinol)
Although it is not legal to smoke the natural plant form of this substance in many states, there is a synthetic form available in pill form called Marinol (Dronabinol) that is legal in every state by prescription only.
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Breast Exam Lying Down
The lying down breast examination involves an exam of the breasts while lying down.
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Regaining Fertility After Cancer Treatments
Not all cancer treatments cause irreversible infertility. The only time a patient will be permanently affected by the treatment is if the eggs are all destroyed (in women) or the stem cells are destroyed (in men).
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New Cancer Drug Can Help Stop Infertility
Though not every cancer survivor becomes infertile, it’s common enough
for researcher to construct a new treatment that will hopefully be much
gentler and give women a greater chance to convince after going through
cancer treatments.
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Dealing With Cancer During Pregnancy
A woman who is diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy can carry the fetus to term and deliver a healthy infant.
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Can I Get Pregnant Myths and Presumptions
Answering the question, can I get pregnant, depends greatly on the age or stage of life and medical status of a woman.
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You Can Get Pregnant After...
Chronic illness, cancer, injury and surgery are all reasons women give up on the dream of having a child of their own, but you can get pregnant after many of these life events ' if you plan, prepare and know your medical resources.
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Spotting - What are the Causes?
What are the causes of spotting? There are many possible reasons, and a check-up with your doctor will help find out why you are experiencing spotting. Here are some causes.
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Ovarian Tissue Preservation and Cancer Treatment
For young women who’ve been hit with a cancer diagnosis, fertility preservation is a topic of much concern.
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Embryo Banking and Cancer Treatment
Embryo banking is an option for women facing fertility problems, but
women with cancer can also use the procedure to increase their chance of
having children after treatment.
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Breastfeeding and Cancer Patients: Rules May Soon Change
I have two friends that suffered breast cancer before the
age of 40. Breast cancer is not the only form of cancer affecting women
of child-bearing age. Young women suffer from colorectal cancer,
lymphoma, leukemia and other forms of cancer.
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Navigating the Different Types of Breast Cancer
All cells
within the breast are susceptible to cancer, even in men. There are
several recognized types of breast cancer, and each has its own
symptoms, treatments, and fatality rates.
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Questions for Your Doctor About Your Cancer Type
When you first receive a breast cancer diagnosis, there
are things you need to know about what has determined your type of
breast cancer.
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My Second Week After Chemotherapy
On the Monday after my first Adriamycin chemotherapy treatment, I had a
physical exam from my oncologist. The doctor sat down with me first and
asked how I was coping with the whole cancer concept in general, and how
I was feeling overall.
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Stages and Grades of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
The earliest stage of breast cancer is stage 0, which is where all DCIS
is staged. When referring to the stage of a DCIS, it is actually the
distance of which the cancerous cells have spread beyond the location of
the original tumor.
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Signs and Symptoms of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
With almost 80% of new cancer cases being invasive ductal carcinomas, it
is the most common form of breast cancer. Invasive ductal carcinoma
(IDC) is also sometimes referred to as infiltrating ductal carcinoma.
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Invasive Ductal Carcinoma – Staging and Grading
When a pathologist receives an invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) tissue
sample from a biopsy, they analyze several factors of the cancer to
determine a stage and grade of the cancer.
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Additional Types of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
While the standard invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) is the most common
form of invasive breast cancer, there are four additional types of
invasive carcinoma that are much less common; however, that does not
reduce the seriousness of these diseases.
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Can Having Children Protect You From Cancer?
The term nulliparous refers to a woman who has never given birth – she has no children. In our fast-moving world, many women choose not to have children until much later in life and some choose to never start a family.
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Gonadal Suppression and Cancer Treatment
Cancer treatments like radiation and chemotherapy can reduce or
eliminate fertility for female patients. Before starting therapy, women
who want to increase the chance of conceiving after treatments are
complete often seek out methods fertility preservation.
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Cancer and the Insurance Companies
I had four types of insurance when I got sick: traditional major
medical, disability insurance, a supplement hospitalization bridge
policy and cancer insurance.
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Invasive Ductal Carcinoma – Diagnosis
Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) sometimes causes a lump within the
breast. This lump is characterized by irregular edges and is hard and
immovable. When compared with a benign breast lump, an invasive ductal
carcinoma lump feels more anchored...
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New Cancer Treatment Protects Ovarian Function
More than 70,000 cancer diagnoses are given each year to patients
between 15 and 39 years old. Many patients are women still in their
reproductive years. The life-saving chemotherapy these women need is the
same chemotherapy that kills off any hopes of natural reproduction.
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Time to Get a Port
A port is used in place of a traditional IV for patients who will have to have IV treatments on a routine basis. This is routine for oncology and hematology patients.
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Pregnancy Cancer on the Rise: Age Not to Blame
With the average age at first pregnancy increasing as life and financial strive pushes everything back, you'd expect there to be some sort of health repercussions. For instance, as women age so do their eggs.
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Oocyte Banking and Cancer Treatment
Oocyte banking is one of the top options for fertility preservation when facing cancer treatments as a woman in her reproductive years. The procedure requires time, which is one of the contributing factors in patient/doctor final decision.
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