Transparency is crucial when cancer has metastasized, and the patient is nearing the end of their life. In these circumstances, honest communication between healthcare providers, patients, and their loved ones is essential. It enables patients to make educated and informed decisions about their care and prepares them for the next…
Jenni Daniel BSN, RN
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Breast cancer local treatment
The exact treatment prescribed for you will be based on the stage and characteristics of your breast cancer. It's important to talk to your oncology team if you have any specific questions about your particular treatment. Treatment is often classified into local therapy or systemic therapy. Local therapy means that…
Julie Scott, DNP
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Characteristics of breast cancer
Characteristics of breast cancer When a biopsy is done, and cancer has been confirmed, there are additional things the oncologist needs to know about the cancer. Hormone receptor status: This determines if the cancer cells use either estrogen or progesterone (or both) to grow. If there are estrogen receptors on…
Julie Scott, DNP
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Breast Cancer
What is Breast Cancer? Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women in the United States. The average female will have about a 13% chance of getting breast cancer sometime in her life. That number may be higher for women who are at higher risk due to genetic…
Julie Scott, DNP
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Colorectal cancer treatment (CRC)
Treatment is often classified into local therapy or systemic therapy. Local therapy means that it only treats the colon or rectum, and not any other parts of the body. Systemic therapy is treatment that goes around your entire body, treating cancer cells that may be present outside of the colon.…
Julie Scott, DNP
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Colorectal Cancer Staging
Colorectal cancer staging The stage of the cancer describes how advanced the cancer is, from stage 0 (where it has not grown outside one of the layers of the colon wall) to stage IV (cancer has spread to other areas of the body). The cancer stage can help your oncologist…
Julie Scott, DNP
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Colorectal cancer
What is Colorectal cancer? Colorectal cancer also referred to as CRC, is cancer that starts somewhere inside the colon or rectum of the digestive system. It is the third most common cancer in the United States for both men and women, and although rates of CRC overall have been decreasing,…
Julie Scott, DNP
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Endometrial cancer treatments
Endometrial cancer treatment The exact treatment prescribed for you will be based on the stage and characteristics of your endometrial cancer. It's important to talk to your oncology team if you have any specific questions about your particular treatment. Treatment is often classified into local therapy or systemic therapy. Local…
Julie Scott, DNP
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Why Black women are more likely to get endometrial cancer?
What is Endometrial cancer? Endometrial cancer starts when cells in the lining of the uterus become abnormal. This type of cancer is most often seen in women who are post-menopausal, and is more common in Black women. Signs and Symptoms The most common symptom of endometrial cancer is abnormal vaginal…
Julie Scott, DNP
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The different types of leukemia
What is Leukemia? Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the white blood cells in the body. There are multiple types of leukemia, classified as either acute (which can grow quickly) or chronic (slower growing). They are also further divided into the types of cells they start in. The…
Julie Scott, DNP
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