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Communicating with your specialist or care team as a young adult
Communication with your specialist and the team coordinating your care is very important. Share with your doctor how much you want to know about your …
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Home care for children and teens
You don't necessarily need to depend on inpatient medical facilities to meet your child’s healthcare needs. If your child’s condition allows, they can…
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Food and nutrition for young adults
Eating well can help you feel better and stay stronger during and after cancer treatment. Patients who eat well and maintain a healthy body weight oft…
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Cancer drug therapies for young adults
In the past decade alone, new drugs and new uses for existing drugs have greatly improved rates of cure or remission for people with blood cancer of a…
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Biosimilars versus generic drugs for young adults
Biosimilars and generic drugs are both created based off existing drugs. The brand name drug is called either a “reference product” or a “reference …
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Methods to administer cancer drugs in young adults
Chemotherapy is often given in combination with other drugs and can be given in different ways. The method of administering the drug is based on the t…
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Dental and oral health in young adults
Side effects of cancer treatment may cause a variety of problems affecting the mouth, teeth, and jaw that can have an impact on your quality of life. …
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Question guides for young adults
Before you visit your doctor and other healthcare providers, it's a good idea to write down your questions or concerns. For a list of suggested questi…
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Heart, kidneys, liver and lung function in young adults
Some cancer treatments can affect the function of major organs like the heart, kidneys, liver and lungs. Your doctor will monitor you closely for any …
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Heart, kidneys, liver and lung function in children and teens
Some cancer treatments can affect the function of major organs like the heart, kidneys, liver, and lungs. Your child's doctor will monitor them closel…
Stem cell transplantation in young adults
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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Autologous stem cell transplantation for children and teens
In autologous stem cell transplantation, the procedure uses the patient’s own stem cells for the transplant. The stem cells are collected from the pat…
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Autologous stem cell transplantation for young adults
In autologous stem cell transplantation, the procedure uses the patient’s own stem cells for the transplant. The stem cells are collected from the pat…
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Food and nutrition for children and teens
Nutrition basics Food gives your child’s body the fuel it needs for healthy body function, growth and development, and the energy to go about daily li…
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Watch and wait for young adults
Watch and wait involves closely monitoring a patient's condition without giving any treatment until symptoms appear or change. Some people can manage …
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Watch and wait for children and teens
Watch and wait (also called active surveillance) involves closely monitoring a patient's condition without giving any treatment until symptoms appear …
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Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in children and teens
disease (GVHD) is a potentially serious complication of allogeneic stem cell transplantation and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. In this treatm…
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Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in young adults
disease (GVHD) is a potentially serious complication of allogeneic stem cell transplantation and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. In this treatm…
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Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
disease (GVHD) is a potentially serious complication of allogeneic stem cell transplantation and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. In this treatm…
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Peripheral neuropathy in children and teens
Cancer treatment, or sometimes the disease itself, can cause peripheral neuropathy—damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system, which transmits …
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Peripheral neuropathy in young adults
Cancer treatment, or sometimes the disease itself, can cause peripheral neuropathy (PN) — damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system, which tra…
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Peripheral neuropathy
Cancer treatment, or sometimes the disease itself, can cause peripheral neuropathy (PN) — damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system, which tra…
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George Vassiliou
George Vassiliou is Professor of Hematological Medicine and of the Hematological Malignancies Program at the University of Cambridge, and Consultant …
Gianpietro Dotti
Gianpietro Dotti, MD, is a Professor for the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Director of the Cellular Immunotherapy Program at Lineb…
Dane Vassiliadis
I am a bioinformatician and postdoctoral fellow at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center working in the cancer epigenetics laboratory led by Professor Mar…