Cancer

By Carter Moss, MSW Student Cancer pain management often involves a multidisciplinary approach that combines traditional medical interventions with complementary therapies. In this two-part blog series, you will learn more about factors that may contribute to pain and some ways to “turn down the volume” of the pain you are feeling. Pain is a complex
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This April we have come together with partners to celebrate the inaugural Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness month. We caught up with Caroline-May Huxley and Sandra Strauss to explore the importance of shedding a light on cancer in this age group and why, scientifically speaking, this is most certainly not a distinction without a
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We get a lot of questions from readers about what you can do to help a hospitalized family member or friend. Patients love the sentiment, but most have their fill of robes, fluffy slippers and lavender scented lotions and potions. Recently, friends of OncoLink, Stephanie and Whitney, shared with me what they did for their
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As well as recently celebrating Cancer Research UK’s 20th birthday, this year also marks 20 years of our Flame of Hope Awards. The Flame of Hope Awards are our annual celebration of our most outstanding and dedicated supporters and volunteers. Since the first ceremony in 2003 we’ve presented almost 2000 awards to thank the amazing
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Lord Simon Stevens Today, Cancer Research UK announced the appointment of Lord Simon Stevens as Chair of Council of Trustees with effect from October 2023. Lord Stevens will take over from Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, who will step down later this year after almost seven years in the role. Sir Leszek Borysiewicz was appointed as
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You may have heard about a new study into contraception and cancer recently. New information about cancer risks can be hard to apply to everyday life, and headlines about this paper are highlighting some alarming-looking numbers. If you or someone you’re close to uses hormonal contraception, there’s a chance you’re asking what the latest findings
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From clonal evolution to metastasis and cachexia, Mariam Jamal-Hanjani has taken on some serious challenges during her research journey. We spoke to her and asked her to reflect on a career embedded in large-scale, collaborative and ambitious projects… The work cancer researchers undertake has incredible ambition. Perhaps understandable then, that it’s so often described in
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Excellent patient and public involvement (PPI) plays an essential role in health and social care research. Members of the public, as those benefiting from research, should have a say in decisions that impact them. Their perspective and lived experience can increase the relevance, impact and quality of research. That’s why Cancer Research UK has been
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How does weight impact cancer risk? What can we do to make breakthrough immunotherapies work for more people? And why are viruses that infected our ancestors millions of years ago contributing to how cancers develop today? Those are some of the biggest questions in cancer research. Answering them won’t be easy, but it has the
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Twenty nine years and still going strong! When I was finishing up nursing school in 1994, computers were a novelty. I still researched my school papers using the card catalogue and email was just starting to gain popularity. In a small office at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Joel Goldwein was playing around with creating
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This blog shares some ways to tell if a new or existing lump could be a sarcoma and, if so, what steps you should take next. If you are not sure, see your primary care provider. What is Sarcoma? A sarcoma is a type of cancer that forms in bone or soft tissues like muscle, nerves, fat,
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Breast cancer cells might use bioelectric signals to influence their behaviour. NIH / CC BY-NC 2.0 You’re electric. Not in a charge-via-USB, keep-away-from-water kind of way – but electric all the same. We all are. Electricity is a big part of how our bodies work. Our cells need to keep certain chemicals inside and push
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