Cancer coaches support newly diagnosed cancer patients as they navigate the effects of cancer, both physical and emotional. This year the program will expand to provide coaches for caregivers.
Triggers — or reasons why someone wants to smoke, are different for everyone who is trying to quit smoking. Try these strategies to control some of the most common smoking triggers.
The most effective way to find breast cancer in women at the earliest and most treatable stage is through screening mammography. However, mammography is not a perfect technology, and it may miss as many as 10-20% of all breast cancers. So can an MRI be used together with a mammogram for better detection?
At Roswell Park, 2019 was another year of progress in our fight against cancer as we celebrated every victory made toward new cures. We continue to set the bar high as a member of an elite group of cancer centers.
Cancer-related fatigue is a deeper, longer-lasting type of fatigue that is not usually relieved by sleep and rest. It can interfere with your ability to carry out your normal daily activities and affect your quality of life. Is there any way to overcome it?
When 11-year-old Ella Beach was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) on Valentine’s Day in February 2018, her family had been hoping it was something else.
Many of our patients need platelet transfusions on a daily basis because of the type of care they’re getting. Platelets are formed in the bone marrow, and patients with blood cancers are often not able to produce their own platelets.