OncoBreak: Nipple Tattoos, Cannabis Biz, Medical Costs
Published: Oct 8, 2014
A breast cancer survivor talks about how a road trip that led to a 3-D nipple tattoo "helped me beat breast cancer."
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Susan G. Komen has information on related activities that will occur around the country during the month.
The first certification program for the medical marijuana industry and other purveyors of legalized cannabis will undergo pilot testing at the International Cannabis Association's cannabis regulatory summit this weekend in New York City.
Increasingly, the cancer genome figures into treatment planning and decisions. Cancer Treatment Centers of America offers a primer on genomic testing, as part of "precision medicine," and what it means for patients and providers.
Palliative and hospice care programs routinely incorporate a patient's spiritual needs into treatment plan, but providers should respect the wishes of patients who refuse to speak with a chaplain or anyone else about their spiritual life.
Cancer specialists at Johns Hopkins have developed a clinical guide to help physicians and other healthcare providers have the difficult conversations that become necessary with terminally ill patients and their families. Known by the acronym AMEN (Affirm, Meet, Educate, No matter what), the guide provides a script that can assist healthcare providers in initiating and negotiating the conversations that many people hope to avoid.
Interested in enrolling a patient in a cancer clinical trial (or know someone who is)? The National Cancer Institute has created a section within its website for information about clinical trials, useful for clinicians and patients.
The Food and Drug Administration has outlined the expanded access procedures to guide physicians who want to request unapproved therapies for their patients.
A 29-year-old woman with terminal brain cancer has published an article and released a video to explain why she has decided to end her life Nov. 1 in Oregon rather than live out the remaining time she has.
A study by NerdWallet Health pretty much confirms all the fear, loathing, anger, suspicion, confusion, and sticker shock surrounding the high cost of medical care.
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