Cancer and Social Media: How Can We Use It to Improve Care?
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Social media can help oncologists share valuable research to improve how they treat patients. Patients can also use social media to improve their own care.
Kidney cancer
What Is a Cancer Research Advocate?
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Sanford Jeames is a research advocate and a patient advocate. In this Voices on Cancer post, he describes the critical roles he plays to help researchers, clinicians, and communities understand the human impact of cancer.
Kidney Cancer - Survivorship
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about how to with challenges in everyday life after a cancer diagnosis. Use the menu to see other pages.
What is survivorship?
The word “survivorship” is complicated because it means different things to different people. Common definitions include:
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Having no signs of cancer after finishing treatment.
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Living with, through, and beyond cancer. According to this definition, cancer survivorship begins at diagnosis and continues during treatment and through the rest of a person's life.
Kidney Cancer - Screening
ON THIS PAGE: You will find out more about screening for kidney cancer. You will also learn the risks and benefits of screening. Use the menu to see other pages.
Screening is used to look for cancer before you have any symptoms or signs. Scientists have developed, and continue to develop, tests that can be used to screen a person for specific types of cancer. The overall goals of cancer screening are to:
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Lower the number of people who die from the disease, or eliminate deaths from cancer altogether
Expert Conversations: Kidney Cancer
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First in this podcast series, Dr. Brian Rini shares his perspective on current and new approaches to kidney cancer treatment.
The Power of Writing
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Writing about your thoughts and feelings has a number of physical, emotional, and social benefits. Learn more about expressive writing and get some tips to help you get started.
Kidney Cancer
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Packing a Suitcase Full of Hope
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Kidney cancer patient advocate Berit Eberhardt describes why she traveled more than 5,000 miles to attend the 2014 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.
Nita Seibel, MD
Cancer.Net Specialty Editor: Childhood Cancers
Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP).
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Dr. Nita L. Seibel is an adjunct professor of pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and Public Health and practices at Children’s National Medical Center.
When to Call the Doctor During Cancer Treatment
Cancer and cancer treatments may cause side effects that need medical attention. It can be hard to know when to call the doctor. Ask your health care team which signs and symptoms to expect and which ones need medical attention right away.
Some serious side effects that need medical attention include the following conditions. Each one is described further in this article.
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Infection
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Deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which is a potentially life-threatening blood clot
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Pulmonary embolism (PE), which is a blood clot in the lung
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