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Getting Ready For Chemo - What You Need To Know Ask most cancer patients what they were most afraid of, and they will say, “Chemo.” Some will say "it's not the cancer that kills you it's the chemo". These and other myths are some of the things that scare new cancer patients. But they are often repeated by people who have no personal experience with chemo and should not be taken as a true representation of it. Read Full Article

Things Usually Go Right, But Sometimes Go Left Down The "Highway To Hell" Have you ever considered that when you go to a doctor for anything, a test, a check-up, scan results, biopsy results, or almost anything that you could be going to a doctor for, that things could go alright, or they could go left?  This is what it's like living with cancer, you never know if things will go right or left. Read Full Article

PD-L1 And What It Means In Cancer Treatment We’ve heard of PD-L1 — both in the news and in television ads — but most of us don’t understand what PD-L1 is or why it’s important. Let’s learn more. What is PD-L1? Our immune system contains T cells that can kill cancer cells. However, our bodies regulate these cells to ensure that they don’t attack our healthy cells (called an autoimmune reaction that could be potentially fatal).  Read Full Article

May is Bladder Cancer And Melanoma Awareness Month April is head and neck cancer awareness month, along with testicular cancer and esophageal cancer. This piece will focus on head and neck cancer since there is so much to cover for this group of cancers. I have been unfortunate enough to have three diagnoses in this category. Tonsil, hypopharyngeal, and thyroid cancer. Read Full Article

Share Your Inspiring Cancer Story Do you remember those dark days when you were first diagnosed? The fear, the confusion and the “what ifs” were overwhelming. If you are like me, you probably wondered if life would ever would be normal again. One of the best ways to get information about what will happen and how is to talk to someone who has already been there. Join WhatNext and connect with thousands who have been there. Read How You Can Share Your Story

Bladder Cancer - What You Need To Know Rumors, misinformation, distorted information, “plain ole quackery,” and shysters can make our lives as cancer patients and survivors more difficult. Fake cures, false hope, and misinformation are dangerous for us because that “fake cure” might dissuade us from choosing treatments that have been proven through clinical trials.   Read The Full Article

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