Tickets for the 2020 Cash and Cars Lottery benefiting Albertans battling cancer are now on sale, with Truman Homes contributing two of the top prizes: a $1.3 million home in West District and a $313,000 condo in Cornerstone, in the city’s northeast. The annual fundraiser has invested more than $34 million into cancer research, programs …
Should your doctor ask you to make a donation to help the medical center where you were treated? If you are a generous donor, should you be rewarded with a better room — or your doctor’s cellphone number? Medical centers across the United States are asking patients, especially wealthy ones, to donate money, in addition …
An inspirational mum-of-four who overcame breast cancer has been chosen to help launch an urgent appeal to get life-saving work back on track in Scotland. Lynsey Ritchie knows exactly how vital new breakthroughs and discoveries are to help more people survive and is determined to support others going through cancer. The Denny woman (43), whose …
Home-based oncology care for patients with cancer has become a necessity amid the COVID-19 pandemic and has been rapidly adopted since the novel coronavirus outbreak began. Before the pandemic, Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at University of Utah started offering hospital-level care to patients in their homes through its Huntsman at Home program. Launched in 2018, …
In this post, learn more about financial toxicity and how to combat it. Bonnie Annis is a breast cancer survivor, diagnosed in 2014 with stage 2b invasive ductal carcinoma with metastasis to the lymph nodes. She is an avid photographer, freelance writer/blogger, wife, mother and grandmother. A cancer diagnosis often brings a devastating blow to …
Patients in the public system are often unable to access life-changing treatments, such as immunotherapy for stage three melanoma, which are available to private patients. Two patients arrive to a clinic. They are the same age, gender and height. They live within a five-minute drive of each another and they support the same sports team. …
Over 1300 Indians die daily due to cancer according to the ICMR, and the ongoing pandemic has left many patients in a precarious position. COVID-19 has put our hospitals and healthcare system into an overdriven state. While our governing bodies, healthcare systems, and the public are deeply concerned about the coronavirus, as they should be, …
Helen Haar, 24, who is from the PM’s constituency, was supported by CLIC Sargent after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma A young cancer survivor has called on Boris Johnson to provide urgent financial support to the charity who supported her throughout her treatment. Helen Haar, 24, who is from the Prime Minister’s constituency, was supported by CLIC Sargent, …
The FDA recently expanded the indication of HPV 9-valent vaccine, recombinant. It was the top story in hematology/oncology last week. Another top story was about the financial toxicity of treatment among cancer survivors. Read these and more top stories in hematology/oncology below: FDA expands Gardasil 9 approval for head and neck cancer prevention The FDA …
If the COVID-19 pandemic caused you to postpone or skip a routine screening for cancer, it’s time to reschedule. If you are experiencing non-COVID symptoms of health issues but are reluctant to see your primary care provider due to concerns about the pandemic, stop waiting. Don’t risk a bad outcome. Make the appointment. The National …