by Barbra Williams Cosentino
If your doctor said, “I’m very sorry, but your cancer is terminal,” you’d obviously be devastated. What if she then added, “The prognosis is that you have about six months left, but with treatments we can … Read more
by Stephen “Fred” Divers, MD, Chief Medical Officer & Julia Frydman, MD, Medical Director for Palliative Care
“I wish we had done this sooner.” This is something that we hear a lot from our patients and their families when they … Read more
by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
For too many cancer survivors, life after treatment is fraught with a decline in cognitive function known as “chemo brain.”
A newly published study by a Northeastern professor says that yoga might hold the key to … Read more
By Heidi Splete
Many women with cancer want advice for managing sexual function issues, and clinicians are tuning in, new studies suggest.
Decreased sexual function is a side effect of many types of cancer, notably uterine, cervical, ovarian, and breast … Read more
— “If the patients are not taking the drug, then it’s not going to work”
By Associated Press.
For cancer patients, the harsh side effects of powerful drugs have long been the trade-off for living longer. Now, patients and doctors are questioning whether all that suffering is necessary.
They’ve ignited a movement to radically change … Read more
By Ashling Wahner
Although the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx (Elahere) is associated with a high rate of ocular toxicity in patients with folate receptor α (FRα)-positive, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, the real-world incidence of this adverse effect (AE) in this … Read more
Clearity offers emotional support to people diagnosed with ovarian cancer and their caregivers through our Steps Through OC program. If you would like personalized, one-to-one assistance with navigating the impact of an ovarian cancer diagnosis, our team of OC Counselors … Read more
Key Points:
The prevalence of distress among women with late-stage gynecologic cancers calls for well-designed studies to assess the safety and efficacy of psychedelics for this patient population, according to authors of a published commentary.
Psychedelics — specifically psilocybin — have shown … Read more
by NCI Staff
A side effect of some cancer treatments commonly referred to as “chemo brain” has received increasing attention from researchers in recent years. Often referred to as cancer-related cognitive impairment, chemo brain can be marked by severe memory … Read more
by Vicki Moore, PhD
Researchers found that 18% of patients with advanced ovarian cancer remained disease-free for at least 10 years after receiving chemotherapy and were likely cured. The team detailed their findings in Gynecologic Oncology.
To determine what … Read more
By Will Pass
Women who have survived epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) more often report severe long-term fatigue than healthy women, according to a case-control study involving more than 600 individuals.
Ovarian cancer survivors had a higher rate of sleep disturbance, … Read more
