Active Treatment Archive

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Issue 30

• Protect your skin, especially during radiation therapy
• Should you exercise during cancer treatment?
• Introducing the Circle Of Sharing!™ – are you in?
• Survivor Story: Breast cancer survivor volunteers as a way to "take" back as well as "give" back.
• Recent Research Reveals … Ovarian cancer is not so silent after all.

Previous Issues

Issue 29

• Get into the Spirit at Holiday Gatherings (Even When You Don't Feel Like Eating or Drinking)
• The secret to relaxation is right under your nose.
• Managing the "Mental Fog" Called Chemo Brain
• Survivor Story: Breast cancer survivor and teacher learns a lesson from her students.
• Recent Research Reveals … Reminders increase breast cancer screening rates.

Issue 28

• The "mental fog" called chemo brain is very real. It can actually be seen in imaging studies.
• Even during cancer treatment, a sexual relationship is important. So is communication about it.
• If you have a caregiver, you may be the first to recognize that he or she needs a little care, too.
• Survivor Story: Prostate cancer survivor and his wife learn the true meaning of intimacy
• Recent Research Reveals … FDA approves use of drug for brain cancer treatment.

Issue 27

• Chemo brain plagues many people with cancer. In a 3-part series, we examine this "mental fog."
• Working while in treatment: Know your rights.
• Create a family health history with the help of the surgeon general.
• Survivor Story: Mother and son strive against breast cancer together.
• Recent Research Reveals … FDA greenlights new drug for advanced kidney cancer.

Issue 26

• What's behind those medical breakthroughs you read about? Clinical trials.
• Cancer in the Workplace: Whom to Tell, When, and How Much
• Cancer Survivors Network: Click and connect to others who've "been there."
• Survivor Story: The experience of a tongue cancer survivor speaks volumes about turning something bad into something good.
• Recent Research Reveals … Society report shows drop in colorectal cancer death rate, but the racial gap has widened.

Issue 25

• Medical record keeping is critical - just ask someone who's experienced a natural disaster.
• Less invasive virtual colonoscopy gets high marks for efficacy for average-risk people.
• Mark Twain got it right: "Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it a thousand times."
• Survivor Story: Public relations executive is both a quitter and a winner. And she thanks the Great American Smokeout Challenge® for both.
• Recent Research Reveals … Report shows drop in both cancer incidence rates and death rates.

Issue 24

• It's that time of year …
• Help team to the rescue!
• Does acupuncture really work?
• Survivor Story: The value of listening to others.
• Recent Research Reveals …

Issue 23

• Is the flu shot safe for you?
• Make yourself feel better: You have the power
• How to handle the holidays
• Survivor Story: Melanoma survivor gets wake-up call
• Recent Research Reveals …

Issue 22

• Recent Research Reveals...
• It sounds funny, but it's no joke; it's "chemo-brain" and it's very real.
• How to tell others about your diagnosis
• I Can Cope® With this support program, you can cope; and now, the program is online, too.
• Breast cancer survivor has a slightly different message about the disease, but then he's a man.

Issue 21

• Recent Research Reveals...
• Skin cancer is the most common of all cancer types, but the good news is you can protect yourself.
• Don't let side effects affect good nutrition.
• Advances in radiation therapy are making treatment safer and more effective.
• Ovarian cancer survivor not only believes in miracles, but she also believes she is a "walking miracle" herself.

Issue 20

• Recent research reveals...
• Colon Cancer: An Overview
• A colonoscopy isn't a big deal. It just isn't.
• Is it simply the blues? Or is it depression?
• Young Tongue Cancer Survivor Displays Wisdom Beyond Her Years

Issue 19

• Recent research reveals...
• The Doctor-Patient Relationship: It's a two-way street
• How much alone time is too much alone time?
• Radiation Therapy: An overview of this common type of cancer treatment
• Prostate Cancer Survivor Finds the Hope in Hope Lodge

Issue 18

• Recent research reveals...
• How Spirituality Might Help People Who Have Cancer?
• How to Find Financial Assistance during Cancer Treatment
• Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive during – and After – Cancer Treatment
• A Prostate Cancer Survivor and His Wife Learn the True Meaning of Intimacy

Issue 17

• Recent research reveals...
• For Couples Coping with Cancer, Someone Has Written the Book.
• The Importance of Sleep
• Oral Chemotherapy: It's More Than Just Popping a Pill
• Capturing Inspiring Stories from Cancer Survivors

Issue 16

• Recent research reveals...
• With all of the things you're going thorugh right now, pain should not be one of them.
• "Chemo brain:" It's frustrating, distressing, – and very real and it is manageable.
• Advances in pharmaceuticals are amazing – and so are their price tags.
• Learn how a teen bone cancer survivor matures into mid-20s cancer advocate.

Issue 15

• Just a click away: Virtual support groups offer help at your fingertips
• Rosemary, lavender, lemon: Inhale and feel better
• You're not alone: How connecting with others facing cancer can help
• How a testicular cancer survivor used the Web to keep in touch and keep his spirits up

Issue 14

• Along with a colon cancer diagnosis comes questions about treatment options and potential side effects.
• Chemotherapy: What does the term really mean?
• How do you tell your young children you have cancer?
• A US Coast Guard lieutenant and colon cancer survivor learned that bad things do come in threes, but that good things come in dozens.

Issue 13

• I Can Cope^® – It might just be the program you're looking for.
• The new Medicare prescription drug benefit: It's good news for those facing cancer or cancer survivors.
• They call it work, but for you it could be therapy.
• Learn how an athletic coach and prostate cancer survivor won his own "national championship."

Issue 12

• How do I work with a hospital to pay outstanding medical bills?
• Sex: It's a powerful word and an important part of our lives – cancer or no cancer.
• If you're feeling depressed, anxious or fearful, there's good news on two fronts: one – you're completely normal; and two – there's help.
• A breast cancer survivor enlists sisters everywhere for a breast cancer study – starting with her own sister.

Issue 11

• Here's help for the high cost of prescription drugs.
• New guidelines encourage discussions about cancer and fertility.
• Having cancer doesn't mean not having children.
• Antoinette Ramos survived Hodgkin lymphoma, and so did her chance of having children.

Issue 10

• You may already be benefitting from the results of previous clinical trials.
• Complementary and alternative therapies: What are they? Are they safe?
• Now more than ever, good nutrition pays off.
• Testicular cancer survivor spins his own "web" and heals with humor.

Issue 9

• Prevention is important – even if you are already in treatment.
• To maximize the value of treatment, it helps to understand its goals.
• Can you trust the Internet for cancer information?
• Breast cancer survivor runs (and strides) for her life, and others.

Issue 8

• Paying attention to pain pays off.
• Is a support group right for you?
• Now you can tailor the World Wide Web to your world.
• Join a community-changing, life-changing event.
• Survivor proves the axiom: What goes around comes around.

Issue 7

• Welcome New Connections to your Desktop.
• Good night – sleep tight. But how?
• Be sure your health care decisions are in your hands.
• Breast cancer patient falls in love again – with her husband, her life, her job.
• Charitable cooperation aids victims of Katrina.

Issue 6

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• Where the need is considerable, so is help.
• Methods for coping with emotions.
• American Cancer Society research national quality of life study.
• The American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout^®: is just one day, with year-round tobacco controlled efforts.
• Did you know each September is Childhood Cancer Month?
• Stand up and be counted.

Issue 5

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• With help, kids with cancer feel like kids again.
• Sometimes it’s easier to talk man to man or woman to woman.
• Treatment side effects: know when to alert the doctor.
• Year after year, more people realize the promise of Relay.
• Survivor takes her own advice and lives to volunteer.
• Your support makes a difference every single day of the year.

Issue 4

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• Informed decisions can help you feel more "in control."
• Research breakthroughs.
• Relay For Life^®.
• Colon cancer.
• Fighting cancer together.

Issue 3

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• Questions arise at the oddest times.
• “I feel pretty again, even if I am bald.”
• Sometimes, home is where the hope is.
• Survivor believes in miracles and marriage.
• The American Cancer Society: Your source for lifesaving cancer information.

Issue 2

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• Nurture yourself with good nutrition during treatment.
• It may be more than work; it could be therapy.
• Breast cancer survivor has a recipe for recovery.
• Advocate for cancer funding with just a click.
• Nurture yourself with good nutrition during treatment.

Issue 1

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• Cancer-related fatigue: It’s not your ordinary-old tired.
• I Can Cope^® could be just the program you’re looking for.
• If you’re up to it, go for it: Relay For Life^®.
• Survivor lives life in a new light.
• Fitting in fitness.