Getting Cancer Screenings When You Don't Have a Primary Care Provider
You don’t need a provider to get cancer screenings. But it helps to have one. Here's what to do.
You don’t need a provider to get cancer screenings. But it helps to have one. Here's what to do.
Processing a cancer diagnosis can be an emotional time, perhaps more so if it involves your child. Here are tips on what to do next.
Immunotherapy is designed to help a person’s own immune system fight cancer more effectively.
Ablation and embolization are minimally invasive procedures that can be used to destroy tumors.
People wear a cold cap before, during, and after chemotherapy. The cooling technology may help prevent hair loss (alopecia) linked with this cancer treatment.
Chemotherapy typically takes place at a hospital’s outpatient infusion center. Other location options include the provider’s office, your home, or in a hospital or clinic.
Immunotherapy is a new option for cancer treatment. . It helps your body’s natural immune system find and attack cancer cells.
Some cancer treatment medicines are given through an IV. Sometimes the medicine can leak out of the vein and into nearby tissue under the skin, causing a reaction at the injection site.
Side effects during cancer treatment can be difficult and frustrating. But there are things you can do to help minimize them.
Going to regular healthcare appointments is just one way you can take care of yourself.