Latest U.S. estimates indicate that since 1989, hundreds of thousands of women's lives have been saved by mammography and improvements in breast cancer treatment. The findings point to progress made in early detection and management of breast cancer.
University of Michigan researchers find infiltrating lymphocytes tie to survival in patients with recurrent larynx cancer; findings suggest super-boosting the immune system before additional treatment.
Many cancer drugs and treatment can damage the heart
With so many treatment advancements, more cancer patients are surviving longer. During the years after treatment, another health issue is emerging in survivors: heart disease.
Many cancer patients -- and survivors -- report fatigue as an ongoing side effect of their treatment
Fatigue is rarely an isolated symptom and is perceived by cancer patients to be one of the most distressing symptoms of cancer treatment. You might be physically tired, emotionally tired, cognitively tired or all three. This exhaustion is not proportional to recent activity and interferes with usual functioning.
Chemobrain is a lack of concentration many patients experience after cancer treatment
Cancer survivors often use the word chemobrain to describe a lack of concentration and mental clarity. Researchers are still working to understand whether this phenomenon, also called Chemotherapy-Induced Cognitive Impairment (CICI), is caused by treatment, the general stress and anxiety related to a cancer diagnosis or other factors.
Many side effects of treatment can induce bone loss (osteoporosis), thinning of the bones (osteopenia) and increase the risk of fractures. There is also a connection between cancer-related bone disease and death. Osteoporosis comes from the Greek language and means “porous bones”. Once bones become porous they lose their strength and can easily fracture or break. This can then lead to disability and decreased mobility which in turn results in further bone
loss.
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