What Is Post-Mastectomy Pain Syndrome (PMPS)?
It's common to have pain associated with cancer before you have a mastectomy. But not many people realize that you may also experience persistent...
The Link Between Ovarian Cancer and Back Pain
Ovarian cancer is not as common as other cancers, accounting for just 3% of female cancers in the United States (for comparison, that number...
Everything You Need to Know About Cancer Pain
As if the emotional distress from living with cancer isn’t hard enough on patients and their loved ones, patients also have to find relief...
How Do I Tackle Cancer Pain?
If you're fighting cancer, you likely deal with pain to some extent. Sometimes you might have several different forms of pain, making it difficult...
I Have Cancer: Now What Do I Do?
When a diagnosis of cancer hits home, it may be hard to figure out how to keep your composure and what to expect. Follow...
Overall Cancer Mortality on Decline, Prostate Cancer Mortality Stabilized
The latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that overall cancer death rates continue to decline in men, women,...
Study Finds That Celebrex Slows Cancer Growth
Living with pain is difficult enough. But dealing with pain and cancer – or, worse, pain caused by cancer – is a nightmare no...
Is There a Link Between Smoking and Chronic Pain?
When you live with chronic pain, you know how hard it can be to find any relief. However, smoking can worsen chronic pain, and...
5 Ways to Manage Breast Cancer Pain
If you have breast cancer, then you probably also have breast cancer pain. It’s common for people living with cancer to have pain. There...
What Does Cancer Pain Actually Feel Like?
If you are suffering from cancer, you may have to deal with a lot of pain. While not everyone with cancer experiences pain, a significant...
Four Ways to Be a Better Caregiver
How one husband learned how to be a better caregiver to his wife during her fight against breast cancer. In her fight against breast cancer,...
Here’s What We Know About Cannabis and Cancer
There are debates all over the country about the effectiveness of cannabis as a cancer treatment. These discussions center around what cannabis can do...
A Parents’ Guide to Help With Childhood Cancer Pain
Facing childhood cancer is devastating for the entire family. A parent may be overwhelmed and unsure how to help. The tips below explain tactics to...
Managing Peripheral Neuropathy Pain Due to Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is still the most common and effective treatment for many types of cancer. However, it comes with a variety of side effects that...
Treating Metastatic Cancer Pain With the STAR Method
Patients suffering from metastatic cancer, or cancer that has spread from the primary cancer location, face special challenges. Usually, treatments are given by mouth...
Going to the Max
A father fights for his son and other kids facing cancer
Courage by Design
A Daughter's Caring Creates A Gem of an Idea By Margaret Jaworski When Stephanie Hansen first learned that her mother, Sue, had breast cancer, she struggled...
Study: Antidepressant Eases Nerve Pain From Chemo
Cancer comes with all kinds of pain, sometimes from the disease itself, and often directly and indirectly from treatment, including the discomforts caused by...
Researchers Discover A New Type of Chemotherapy
Scientists have discovered a new type of chemotherapy that locates a partner's gene and eradicates cancer cells. Scientists at the University of Alberta have discovered...
Lung Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment 101
When cells of the lung start growing rapidly in an uncontrolled manner, the condition is called lung cancer. Cancer can affect any part of...
What Is Chemotherapy?
Chemotherapy is a treatment that is often misperceived to be a cancer cure. What is chemotherapy? Chemotherapy is designed to kill quickly reproducing cells in the...
