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Understanding Cancer Treatment Options: Radiation Therapy
Season 6 Episode 3
Radiation therapy is the use of ionizing radiation—X-rays, gamma rays, or subatomic particles such as neutrons—to destroy cancer cells. Learn how it …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Understanding Cancer Treatment Options: Surgery
Season 6 Episode 2
Learn how your treatment plan is decided and terms you may see
We continue our series to help you understand cancer and its treatment. This week we fo…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Help Someone Feel Seen, Heard and Understood
Season 6 Episode 1
Why “What Do You Need from Me?” Should be Among the First Things We Say
When someone with serious illness needs to make a decision about treatment, is…
1 year ago
Cancer Gone Wild - Learn All About Metastasis
Season 5 Episode 52
Like the seeds of a dandelion drift on the wind and land other places, cancer can spread under the right conditions. How does cancer spread and why d…
1 year ago
Proactive Planning: When is it Time to Think About Assisted Living?
Season 5 Episode 51
How Get a Head Start and Investigate All Your Options - Before Your Health Declines
How do you know when the time has come to choose an assisted livi…
1 year ago
What is Meant by Cancer Staging? Learn the Language of a Cancer Diagnosis
Season 5 Episode 50
Cancer staging is very important to guide treatment decisions and eligibility in studies. When an oncologist delivers a diagnosis it will include sta…
1 year ago
Are there Miracle Cures for Cancer? With Dr. Jeanna Ford
Season 5 Episode 49
Nobody wants a cancer diagnosis, and it is easy to be drawn to promises of a cure in search of normalcy. Dr. Matzo shares pointers to help you spot a…
1 year ago
How to Read a CT Scan Report - Learn the Sections Relevant to Your Diagnosis
Season 5 Episode 48
Did you download your CT scan report from your portal and are anxiously waiting contact from your doctor to understand what it means? The complex ter…
1 year, 1 month ago
MythBusters - Cancer Edition; Clarifying Common Cancer Myths & Misconceptions
Season 5 Episode 47
Is cancer a death sentence? Can "X" cause cancer? We sift through common beliefs and popular television/social media claims...learn whether research …
1 year, 1 month ago
"Why Do I Have Cancer?" Kismet, Chastisement or Coincidence?
Season 5 Episode 46
Is the reason I got cancer because of fate, punishment...or is it just part of the human experience? Show Notes
How people receive a cancer diagnosis …
1 year, 1 month ago