Cancer Today
Cancer Today, a publication released every three months by the American Association for Cancer Research, serves as a trusted source for cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones. Each issue provides valuable information and encouragement to help navigate the difficulties of diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and caregiving.
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cancertodaymag.org | Ashley Taylor
PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES, or PROs, is a term that refers broadly to data reported by patients. Trials have found that, across cancer types, when people with advanced disease reported symptoms through a PRO-based system that alerted doctors to changes, they had better symptom management, fewer emergency room and hospital visits, longer survival and better quality of life than those who received usual care.
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cancertodaymag.org | Risa Kerslake
PEOPLE WITH ESOPHAGEAL CANCER who are eligible for surgery typically have the best chance for long-term survival. However, less than half of people diagnosed with the disease can undergo surgery because their tumor has already spread into nearby tissue. A phase II clinical trial found the addition of immunotherapy to standard care could help shrink the tumor enough to make some patients eligible for surgery. In the study published Nov.
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cancertodaymag.org | Christina Szalinski
IN AUGUST 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval for a T-cell receptor therapy to treat a rare cancer called synovial sarcoma—a soft tissue cancer that grows into the connective tissue near the joints. This cancer affects about 1,000 people—many of whom are young adults—in the U.S. each year. The median survival in people who are diagnosed with advanced synovial sarcoma is just 16.2 months, according to one study.
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cancertodaymag.org | Stephen Ornes
DARRELL WILSON HAS RECEIVED nearly every type of available treatment for metastatic prostate cancer. Since his diagnosis in 2009, the 74-year-old veteran and former banker, who lives in Boise, Idaho, has undergone chemotherapy, multiple types of hormone-deprivation therapy, immunotherapy and a kind of radiation called brachytherapy that uses tiny radioactive seeds implanted directly in the prostate.
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cancertodaymag.org | Karen Asp
MOST PEOPLE STRUGGLE to commit to an exercise program, especially those with cancer. Factor depression into the mix, and it’s an even steeper uphill battle. Yet new research offers valuable motivation: People with cancer who worked out had reduced symptoms of depression. Research shows depression, a mental health disorder characterized by negative mood and a loss of interest in once-beloved activities for two weeks or more, affects 13% to 27% of people with a history of cancer.
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