Lives in Balance: Under Attack: Critical Incident Stress
Critical incidents that threaten the life or safety of a loved one are sources of stress that cannot be unanticipated. For several city officials in Riverside, California October 6, 1998 is a date they will never forget...
Living with Cancer: Breast Cancer Prevention Trial, The
The Breast Cancer Prevention Trial, the first of its kind in the United States, was designed to see whether the drug tamoxifen prevents breast cancer in women who are at high risk of developing the disease. The 13,000 wo..
Living with Cancer: Cancer Treatment: Informed Decisions
In recent years, cancer has become more of a chronic illness, with people living with the disease over a long period of time. The various forms of treatment now available become integrated with their lives. The extensive..
Living with Cancer: Cancer: A Family Disease
Cancer is a family disease. It is rare for patients to keep the diagnosis hidden, not just because they need someone to share their fears and concerns with, but because they will need help and support during recovery. Ev..
Living with Cancer: Discovery of the Biological Therapy Herceptin
In 1986, the scientific community learned that a gene involved in regulating cell growth had been discovered, HER2/NEU. About the same time Dr. Dennis Slamon and his team of researchers were extracting DNA from discarded..
Living with Cancer: General Medical Care for Cancer Patients
Dr. John Glaspy dispenses advice that he calls the "obvious." Not all cancers need treatment, at least immediately. Attention to the management of pain and fatigue, and maintaining quality of life are important considera..
Living with Cancer: New Approaches to Cancer Treatment
In the last few years, a new breed of treatment has emerged in the fight against cancer. Called biomodulation, it is the manipulation of the body's own immune system to get rid of the cancer. When traditional treatment m..
Living with Cancer: Testing New Cancer Treatments
Before any drug is approved for use by the Federal Drug Administration it must be rigorously tested, not only in the laboratory but with patients. Today most children with cancer and young men with testicular cancer are ..
Living with Cancer: Traditional Cancer Treatments
Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation are still the principle forms of cancer treatment. During surgery, physicians remove a localized cancer, cutting it away from healthy tissue. Chemotherapy that destroys cancer cells o..
Living with Cancer: Value of Cancer Support Groups, The
The challenges of treatment and the uncertainties of the disease are difficult for any cancer patient to endure. Some cancer patients have found that it helps to talk with others who are battling the disease, whatever ph..