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Hodgkin lymphoma signs and symptoms
Hodgkin lymphoma signs and symptomsThe most common symptom of Hodgkin lymphoma is one or more enlarged (swollen) lymph nodes. The enlarged lymph node …
Blood Cancer
Creating Your Budget After Cancer
By Abby Henry, Oncology Content Manager, PearlPoint Cancer Support
Myeloma signs and symptoms
In the early stages of myeloma, some people have no signs or symptoms of the disease. It is sometimes detected before symptoms appear, when results of…
Blood Cancer
Myeloma diagnosis
Obtaining a precise diagnosis for myeloma will help the doctor to estimate how the disease will progress and determine the appropriate treatment.
Blood Cancer
Myeloma treatment
Treatment for myeloma may include one or more of these therapies: chemotherapy or drug therapy, stem cell transplantation, radiation, chimeric antigen…
Blood Cancer
Amber
On November , , I was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML). There was no sign that anything was wrong until I went in for routine blood w…
Living with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Katie
Ten days following the birth of my son in May, I developed a mass on my upper left thigh/groin area. After several weeks of being seen by multiple phy…
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) signs and symptoms
Some patients initially have no symptoms of MDS, and abnormal results from routine blood tests may be the earliest signs of the disease.
Blood Cancer
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) treatment
Every patient’s situation should be evaluated individually by a who specializes in treating MDS and who will discuss the disease subtype, prognostic …
Blood Cancer
Clinical Trials
Taking part in a clinical trial may be the best treatment choice for some MDS patients. Clinical trials are under way for all types. Today's standard…
Essential thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a rare blood disease where a person’s bone marrow produces too many platelets, which may lead to blood clots in the blood vessels.
Blood Cancer
Returning to School
Consider educating family members, friends, school personnel and healthcare providers about your child's possible and late effects of treatment. In p…
Watch and Wait
Watch and wait involves closely monitoring a patient's condition without giving any treatment until symptoms appear or change. Some people can manage …
Drug Therapies
In the past decade alone, new drugs and new uses for existing drugs have greatly improved rates of cure or remission for patients of all ages. Newer "…
Methods to Administer Drugs
Chemotherapy and other drugs are often given in combination with each other and can be given in different ways. The method of administering the drug i…
Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy, also called biological therapy, utilizes your own immune system to fight cancer. It generally results in fewer side effects than chemo…
Stem cell transplantation
What are stem cells?Blood stem cells are produced in the marrow of the bones and can become any kind of blood cell the body needs. Stem cells are cons…
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How a Clinical Trial Works
Clinical trials are conducted worldwide under rigorous guidelines to help doctors find out whether new cancer treatments are safe and effective or bet…
Are Clinical Trials Safe?
U.S. clinical trials are designed to give patients the safest, potentially most effective clinical therapies. Clinical trials are conducted once resea…
Finding a Clinical Trial
If you're interested in the possibility of a clinical trial as a treatment option, talk with your doctor first. He or she can help you find an eligibl…
Clinical Trials and Insurance Issues
Once you've identified a clinical trial you may want to join, you'll need to consider how your care will be paid for. Insurance coverage for clinical …
Other Disease Studies
Another type of study that blood cancer patients and their relatives can participate in is a nontherapeutic study. Nontherapeutic studies aren't consi…
Mouth and Throat Sores
The lining of your mouth and throat are particularly susceptible to damage from cancer treatment. Chemotherapy and other anticancer drugs can cause th…
Choosing a Blood Cancer Specialist or a Treatment Center
Taking an active role in making decisions regarding your treatment can have a positive effect on your health and quality of life. One of your first ch…
Fely
Hello, my name is Fely Agustin, I am years old and a mother to two teenagers. One is going to be a freshman in college and another a freshman in high…