In a cohort study, childhood cancer survivors had an elevated lifetime risk for meningioma (35-year cumulative incidence, 2.3%). High-dose cranial radiation therapy, younger age at diagnosis, female ...

Hair is an important part of our personal identity, so its loss during cancer treatment can be distressing at an already difficult time. However, this can be a positive sign that chemotherapy is ...

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a course of chemotherapy that’s given before your primary treatment, which is often surgery. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy specifically refers to chemotherapy administered ...

A total of 76% of the patients achieved 5-year survival and 30% experienced grade 3 or 4 infections. High-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) with the modified Bonn protocol including intrathecal therapy is ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island toddler Aurora Joy Connors’s second birthday on Jan. 19 came with a routine well check at the doctor’s office, but what started as a standard assessment of her ...

Catherine, Princess of Wales, is undergoing treatment for cancer, she shared in her first public address since retreating f rom the public eye after surgery earlier this year. The former Kate ...

Chemotherapy may lead to tooth decay or infections by weakening the immune system and slowing down the regeneration of oral cells. Side effects are usually short term, and practicing oral hygiene may ...

Just as no two cancers are the same, treatment isn’t one-size-fits-all — and for one Arizona mother and teacher, personalized chemotherapy became the path to survival. Tammy Morrow, 55, had been ...

Senior Research Fellow, Physical Activity, Wellbeing and Public Health Research Group, Sheffield Hallam University Following the news of her cancer diagnosis in March 2024, Catherine, Princess of ...