Life After Skin Cancer Treatment: Sun Habits, Skin Self-Checks and Regular Reviews
Sun protection after skin cancer means daily habits rather than a single product: seeking shade when the UV index is 3 or higher, wearing…
Read article
Blog Category
Cancer Care
Articles for patients and families facing cancer: how screening and diagnosis work, what staging means, how the main treatment types differ and how to prepare for appointments. General information; treatment decisions belong to your oncology team.
What Is Normal After Testicular Cancer Surgery and When to Call Your Care Team
After orchiectomy, mild groin soreness, bruising, a little swelling and tiredness for a few weeks are common. Call your care team the same day…
Read article
Is a Second Opinion Useful for a Leukemia Treatment Plan? What Hematologists Say
A leukemia second opinion is generally considered useful, and many hematologists treat it as routine rather than a sign of distrust. Because leukemia is…
Read article
Living With Permanent Brachytherapy Seeds: Contact With Children, Pets and Partners
Permanent brachytherapy seeds give off low-energy radiation that is mostly absorbed within a few millimeters of surrounding tissue, so everyday contact such as sharing…
Read article
Targeted Therapy or Immunotherapy for Melanoma: How Mutation Testing Guides the Choice
For melanoma, mutation testing checks the tumor for changes in the BRAF gene. If no BRAF V600 mutation is found, targeted BRAF and MEK…
Read article
IMRT vs VMAT Radiation Therapy: What the Arc Technique Changes for Your Sessions
IMRT and VMAT are two ways of delivering the same kind of precisely shaped radiation. IMRT fires from several fixed angles in turn; VMAT…
Read article
How a Tumor Board Shapes Your Cancer Treatment Plan and What to Ask After It Meets
A tumor board is a scheduled meeting where specialists from several fields, typically medical, surgical and radiation oncologists, a pathologist and a radiologist, review…
Read article
Recovering From Ovarian Cancer Surgery: Hospital Days, Home Weeks and Starting Chemotherapy
Ovarian cancer surgery recovery usually means a hospital stay of a few days to a week, then roughly six to eight weeks of gradually…
Read article
How Painful Is Recovery After a Mastectomy? What the First Days Feel Like and How It Is Managed
Pain after mastectomy is usually most noticeable in the first two to three days, then eases steadily over one to two weeks as swelling…
Read article
How Do Mohs Surgery Scars Heal Over Time? Realistic Expectations for the Face and Body
Mohs surgery scars usually look their worst in the first several weeks, when the line is red, firm and slightly raised, then soften and…
Read article
How Bladder Cancer Treatment Is Planned: Non-Muscle-Invasive and Muscle-Invasive Disease
Bladder cancer treatment is planned around one finding: whether the tumor has grown into the bladder's muscle wall. Non-muscle-invasive disease is usually treated by…
Read article
How Colon Cancer Treatment Changes With Stage and Tumor Location
Colon cancer treatment by stage generally moves from surgery alone for early tumors (stage 0 to I), to surgery with chemotherapy only for higher-risk…
Read article
When Is a Second Opinion Worthwhile for Lung Cancer, and How Do You Arrange One?
A lung cancer second opinion is usually worthwhile when the diagnosis is new and treatment has not started, when the cancer type, stage, or…
Read article
TARE vs TACE for Liver Tumors: How Radioembolization and Chemoembolization Differ
TARE and TACE are both catheter-based treatments that reach liver tumors through the hepatic artery, but they attack the tumor differently. TACE delivers a…
Read article
Planning Melanoma Skin Cancer Treatment by Stage: Surgery, Drug Therapy or Both?
Melanoma treatment is planned by stage. Stage 0, 1 and most stage 2 melanomas are usually treated with surgery alone, removing the tumor with…
Read article
CAR-T Cell Therapy Step by Step: Leukapheresis, Manufacturing, Lymphodepletion and Infusion
The CAR-T cell therapy process has five stages: evaluation, leukapheresis (collecting your own T cells from the blood), laboratory manufacturing that genetically equips those…
Read article
How Cervical Cancer Treatment Is Chosen: Stage, Fertility Goals and Overall Health
Cervical cancer treatment is chosen mainly by stage: very small early tumors may be removed with a cone biopsy or hysterectomy; larger early tumors…
Read article
Healing After Skin Cancer Surgery: Dressings, Scars and When Normal Activity Resumes
Skin cancer surgery healing usually takes several weeks, with most stitched wounds closing within one to three weeks and Mohs wounds settling over roughly…
Read article