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Don’s Story: Fighting Head and Neck Cancer and Colon Cancer, Part Five

Dec 20, 2024 | whatnext.com | James Moore

PART V: MOVING FORWARDContinued from Part FourAfter about three months on the new treatment, I was scheduled for more scans. I knew the tumor had shrunk as the esophagus had returned to its normal position (it previously had been bent to the side), and the swelling had gone down to virtually nothing. The scans came back showing no cancer in my body! That afternoon as I sat in my car in front of the school where I was teaching, I couldn’t get a hold of any of my girls, so I called my mother-in-law.
Don’s Story: Fighting Head and Neck Cancer and Colon Cancer, Part Three

Dec 18, 2024 | whatnext.com | James Moore

PART III: SUPPORT SYSTEM AND PLOT TWIST!Continued from Part TwoAs previously mentioned, my wife is my main support. She has gone with me to every appointment and did so for three years until COVID hit. She was most helpful in just being there taking notes and helping me to remember what to do, when to do it, and verifying that what I thought I heard and understood was actually what was happening and said.
Don’s Story: Fighting Head and Neck Cancer and Colon Cancer, Part Two

Dec 17, 2024 | whatnext.com | James Moore

PART II: COPING WITH A NEW REALITYContinued from Part OneSo now I have a prognosis, and I realize I am in deep trouble; however, before I leave the hospital for the long drive home, I was set up with a bunch of appointments for scans and lab work to be done in my home area. The facility was part of a statewide organization of imagining and medical centers, so that part of the process was pretty seamless.
Don’s Story: Fighting Head and Neck Cancer and Colon Cancer, Part One

Dec 16, 2024 | whatnext.com | James Moore

In 2016, I was diagnosed with stage 4 head and neck squamous carcinoma and later stage 2 colon cancer. As far as symptoms, there really weren’t any. I had a bad sinus infection about a year earlier and had swelling in the glands on the left side of my neck. My local doctor had put me on antibiotics. I had some soreness and vividly remember hugging my oldest daughter as she was leaving after a visit, and she laid her head on my right shoulder and pressed against the lump on my neck.
Belantamab Mafodotin Shows Promise in Multiple Myeloma

Dec 13, 2024 | whatnext.com | James Moore

According to a press release in Business Wire, the results of a recent clinical trial produced promising outcomes in the treatment of multiple myeloma, a rare cancer. This trial evaluated belantamab mafodotin in multiple myeloma and compared it to a combination treatment based on daratumumab. The treatment produced an enhanced overall survival benefit and a reduced risk of death.
No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition (Or Pancreatic Cancer)

Dec 12, 2024 | whatnext.com | James Moore

Written by Matthew Rosenblum, Survivor, Pancreatic CancerThis story was republished with permission from Elephants and Tea, a magazine focused on the adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer community. I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic adenocarcinoma—the much dreaded, frequently lethal cancer of the pancreas—in early 2021. At the time, I had just turned 33 and was living in Durham, North Carolina, while the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Study Finds Skin Cancer Fibroblast Subtypes

Dec 11, 2024 | whatnext.com | James Moore

According to a story from Science Daily, a research team affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna helped to define the different varieties of fibroblasts present in skin cancer. These findings could have significant implications for the development of immunotherapy treatments in skin cancer. The fibroblast is a type of specialized cell in connective tissue that contribute to the healing of wounds and the repair of tissue.
Cancer in Young Adults is Occurring on a More Frequent Basis. Why?

Dec 10, 2024 | whatnext.com | James Moore |Rose Duesterwald

A recent analysis from the NCI reports that the rate of people with colorectal cancer under the age of 55 (Gen-X) has doubled since 1995. Reports that track the most recurrent cancers in younger people had been declining, but recently that trend has drastically reversed. Cancer of the kidney, small intestine and pancreas in young adults are occurring on a more frequent basis.
How Anemia Could Signal a Rare Blood Cancer

Dec 9, 2024 | whatnext.com | Karen Hawthorne |James Moore

Republished with permission from Heal Canada. Written by Karen HawthorneAnemia is one of the most common and serious complications of myelofibrosis, a rare blood cancer where too many blood cells are produced in the bone marrow. Iron deficiency symptoms can be severe or persistent fatigue, cold hands and feet, weakness, shortness of breath, a tingling or crawling feeling in the legs, or even tongue swelling or soreness.
Mike’s Prostate Cancer Journey

Dec 6, 2024 | whatnext.com | James Moore

Q: When and how were you diagnosed? I was originally diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa) in May of 2012 after a routine PSA test at my annual physical showed a rising trend, and I thought it was in remission. Nine years later in January 2021 it returned as metastatic prostate cancer (mPCa). Q: What were your symptoms? There were no symptoms at the time of original diagnosis, and no symptoms leading up to the new diagnosis as it had been nine years since the original.