While the treatment of various cancers using radiation therapy for conditions including Hodgkin’s disease is regarded as a “medical miracle”, patients are often unaware that radiation can negatively impact organs including the heart, the lungs and the esophagus. Specific to the heart, there is a strong association among radiation therapy and heart valve disease, coronary artery disorders, ascending aorta defects and pericardium issues.
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Overview of Cancer Survivorship Care for Primary Care and Oncology Providers
This is a “must read” paper for survivors and medical providers. It is exactly what is needed in the world of cancer survivorship–a comprehensive template for insuring that survivors get the care that they need. Download it, pass it on, place it in the hands of your doctors and caretakers.
Advances in Heart Valve Calcification Treatment with the Mayo Clinic
During this webinar, you will learn important insights about the management and treatment of calcified heart valves including new minimally-invasive procedures. Featured speakers include Dr. Juan Crestanello, Dr. Kristen Sell-Dottin, and Dr. Basar Sareyyupoglu of the Mayo Clinic.
Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Are Common In Cancer Survivors
This article describes the results of a study from the University of California San Francisco. It highlights one of the topics Dr. Micheal Stubblefield mentioned in his presentation at our conference. It comes from a paper that was published in the British Medical Journal Supportive and Palliative Care, July 2022. First author Steven W. Cheung, MD notes the marked incidence of hearing loss and tinnitus in survivors, owing to chemotherapy drugs that contained platinum as well as those that contained taxanes. The article below is an abstract of that study. The full study can be obtained through the British Medical Journal.
Radiation Fibrosis, Michael Stubblefield, MD, Rehabilitative Medicine
AYA Cancer Survivors at Higher Risk for Death Due to Second Primary Cancers
Death due to a second primary cancer occurred nearly twice as often among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors compared with the general population, according to study results published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Cardiovascular Care of Pediatric Cancer Survivors: Mitigating a Lifelong Risk
Cardiovascular screening is critical for Hodgkin Lymphoma survivors. Anthracyclines and radiation put childhood cancer survivors at higher risk for heart failure and heart disease.
The Rise of the Expert Patient in Cancer: From Backseat Passenger to Co-Navigator
Long-term survivors have been using the internet to understand their Late Effects for years. The value of self-advocacy is highlighted in this article.
Can Artificial Intelligence Help See Cancer in New, and Better, Ways?
Over the past several years, researchers have developed AI tools that have the potential to make cancer imaging faster, more accurate, and even more informative. And that’s generated a lot of excitement.
Managing Long-Term Toxicity From Pelvic Radiation Therapy
Advances over the past 3 decades in improvements in cancer prevention and screening strategies and more effective diagnostics and therapies in cancer care have led to unprecedented declines in death rates from all cancers, including prostate, gynecologic, and colorectal/anal cancers.