Features: A Triple Threat: Fighting Cancer with Mind, Body & Support Taking a look at three major components—biological, psychological and sociological—that will help cancer patients achieve the best possible outcome. 25 Ways Someone Can Help You When people ask what they can do to help, consult this checklist for some quick, easy and helpful tasks. [...]
FEATURES What Cancer Can’t Do For all the fear, confusion and frustration cancer can bring to our lives, there are still many things cancer can’t do to us—unless we let it. 10 Myths About Cancer Cancer can take on this larger-than-life persona, creating plenty of untruths to go with it. We’re Here to Help You [...]
Dear Cancer, You want a fight? You picked the right guy, because I’ll throw hands with you all day long. Anyone who has watched ESPN in the last decade has likely seen Stuart Scott, the ultra-popular on-air personality known for his quick wit and hip catchphrases. He was the perfect choice to be one of [...]
FEATURES Picking a Fight with Cancer People often view cancer as this opponent who is trying to harm them, so make sure you do everything possible to win this battle. Integrating Assistance A list of activities that can assist you during treatments. Grieving During the Holidays It is supposed to be the most wonderful time [...]
COVER STORY Clinical trials are an incredibly valuable tool for researchers and physicians as they continue to make headway in the battle against cancer. For patients, these trials are much more than desperate actions to try when nothing else is working. We’ll take a look at the stigma surrounding clinical trials and let you know [...]
Within the field of noninvasive robotic surgery, Dr. John Boggess is a nationally renowned gynecologic oncologist. A talented innovator, he developed a minimally invasive surgery program that enables patients with invasive uterine cancer to be treated through a procedure that leaves only small incisions behind, thus minimizing recovery time considerably. The busy associate professor of [...]
Features: A Triple Threat: Fighting Cancer with Mind, Body & Support Taking a look at three major components—biological, psychological and sociological—that will help cancer patients achieve the best possible outcome. 25 Ways Someone Can Help You When people ask what they can do to help, consult this checklist for some quick, easy and helpful tasks. [...]
FEATURES What Cancer Can’t Do For all the fear, confusion and frustration cancer can bring to our lives, there are still many things cancer can’t do to us—unless we let it. 10 Myths About Cancer Cancer can take on this larger-than-life persona, creating plenty of untruths to go with it. We’re Here to Help You [...]
Dear Cancer, You want a fight? You picked the right guy, because I’ll throw hands with you all day long. Anyone who has watched ESPN in the last decade has likely seen Stuart Scott, the ultra-popular on-air personality known for his quick wit and hip catchphrases. He was the perfect choice to be one of [...]
FEATURES Picking a Fight with Cancer People often view cancer as this opponent who is trying to harm them, so make sure you do everything possible to win this battle. Integrating Assistance A list of activities that can assist you during treatments. Grieving During the Holidays It is supposed to be the most wonderful time [...]
It’s HUGS Night – (Helping Us Give Support) An event to raise funds so Pretty In Pink Foundation can continue its mission to provide funding for life saving treatment options to those diagnosed with Breast Cancer who are uninsured or underinsured. October has been designated as breast cancer awareness month, but for us at PIPF [...]
In the wake of a cancer diagnosis, and often for years post-treatment, many cancer survivors throw themselves completely into causes that raise funds and recognition for cancer research. Organizations such as Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the American Cancer Society promote education about early detection and gather critical funding to continue their missions [...]
It’s a pretty common tale: Years ago you didn’t actually know anyone who had cancer; it was always a friend of a friend or a distant relative that you kinda-sorta remember meeting once years ago. And those who did have cancer were always older and in declining health to begin with. Today, however, it seems [...]
“My friend said when her mother had cancer she couldn’t eat a thing and lost a lot of weight.” “Someone else said they gained weight. I don’t want that to happen to me!” “I’m stressed out and just don’t feel like eating.” “Nothing tastes good. Ever since I started chemo I have this metallic taste [...]
Palliative care is a specialized area of medicine that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients, and their families. By its very definition, it should be used for every patient at all times. However, somehow the phrase gained a stigma that it is the equivalent to hospice care, something used when the end [...]
Cancer Awareness Event in support of GET REAL & HEEL January 29, 2012 Chapel Hill, N.C. 12:30pm UNC Gymnastics’ Cancer Awareness event in support of the Get REAL & HEEL Program here at UNC will begin at 12:30 pm and the gymnastics meet will begin at 2:00 pm. The Pink Pacers have partnered with us [...]
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