When you’re first diagnosed with cancer, your oncology team will let you know what to expect throughout your treatment. However, many cancer survivors are surprised by the issues they encounter after completing treatment.
A recent study showed rates of pancreatic cancer in women under age 55 rose 2.4% between 2001 and 2018. In May, E-News correspondent Maria Menounos, 44, revealed she was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer earlier in the year, a high-profile case that seems to reflect the study’s disturbing trend.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA, certifies foods as “USDA organic.” It provides strict standards for organic food production, including rules about pest and weed control and additives. However, organic doesn’t necessarily mean healthier.
Mastectomy can leave your reconstructed breasts numb. For a long time, this was an unavoidable outcome of protecting against breast cancer. Most breast reconstruction options restore breast and nipple appearance but not sensation. Until now. A new technique gives you the chance to not only look – but also feel – like yourself again. It’s called nipple nerve reconstruction.
Maria Alvarran travels from Sioux City, Nebraska, every three months to visit the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Alvarran is helping research be the best it can be. How? By bringing diversity to potential cancer therapies. Alvarran doesn’t speak English.
Researchers and clinicians at Nebraska Medicine and its academic partner, University of Nebraska Medical Center, believe pancreatic cancer can be detected in its earliest stages. That belief is so strong that in 2018, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved establishing the Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.
The Nebraska Medicine Kearney Cancer Center is expected to open in 2024. Construction is underway in University Village, a 104-acre, mixed-use development that is a partnership with the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Located on the west edge of the UNK campus, it combines educational, residential, recreational and commercial opportunities in a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood.
Cancer care is about more than just treatment. Services that support patients’ physical, educational and emotional needs are part of a holistic approach to care during treatment.
In recent months, multiple cancer drugs have been in short supply in the United States. While the Food and Drug Administration and the American Society of Clinical Oncology have been working to resolve the shortages, patients with cancer are understandably concerned about getting the cancer treatment drugs they need and the amount required when the time comes.
