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Patrick Dempsey's Passion: Helping Cancer Patients with a New Approach to Care, How The Grey's Anatomy Actor is Honoring His Mom

Living

"Enjoy Your Life"-- Boston Mom, 51, Finds Hope With New Treatment For Aggressive Breast Cancer

Welcome to SurvivorNet - We're Here To Help

Patrick Dempsey's Passion: Helping Cancer Patients with a New Approach to Care, How The Grey's Anatomy Actor is Honoring His Mom

Living

"Enjoy Your Life"-- Boston Mom, 51, Finds Hope With New Treatment For Aggressive Breast Cancer

Resources for Survivors and Caregivers

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Check out our resource guides:

Accepting Your New Body After a Cancer Diagnosis

Dr. Marianna Strongin
Strong In Therapy

The First Steps to Take as a Caregiver When a Loved One Is Diagnosed With Cancer

What To Do When You Can't Get Your Cancer Treatment Because of a Shortage: Practical Tips for Patients

Living

Getting Help With the Bills From Cancer Treatment

Dr. Nina Shah
UCSF Medical Center

How to Cope With Bone Pain from Cancer

Living With Cancer: Coping With Hair Loss & the Anxiety it Brings

Dr. Samantha Boardman

Resources for Survivors and Caregivers

Check out our resource guides:

The SN Disease Network: Helping You Live Better

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  • Expanded Coverage: SurvivorNet has greatly expanded our coverage to include chronic and rare conditions
  • Top Doctors: As always, you’ll find leading physicians providing highly detailed information for treatment decisions
  • Community: Stories & comfort from people with the same conditions
Overview

Exercise & Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) How to Stay Active

Psoriasis Treatment

'I'm Single and Have Psoriasis. How Does This Affect My Dating Life? What About Sex?'

The SN Disease Network: Helping You Live Better

  • Expanded Coverage: SurvivorNet has greatly expanded our coverage to include chronic and rare conditions
  • Top Doctors: As always, you’ll find leading physicians providing highly detailed information for treatment decisions
  • Community: Stories & comfort from people with the same conditions

Latest News

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Later Stage

In the Advanced Breast Cancer Space, A New Screening Recommendation & Drug Approval Provides Hope

New Solution: A Popular Antipsychotic Drug Is Now Being Used to Stimulate Appetite In Cancer Patients

Ozempic and Wegovy May Boost Immunity and Fight Cancer

Later Stage Treatment

New Immunotherapy-Chemo Combo Approved for Metastatic Bladder Cancer Patients Ineligible for Cisplatin-Based Treatment

All Hormonal Birth Control May Increase Breast Cancer Risk, No Matter the Method: Should You Stop Taking Yours?

Combo Immunotherapy-Chemo Treatment May Help Slow Progression of Advanced Endometrial Cancer

Protecting Childhood Cancer Survivors' Hearts: Dexrazoxane Before Chemo Shown to Significantly Reduce Risk of Heart Problems in Adulthood

Common Blood Thinner Recalled Over Possible Cancer Risk: Should You Stop Taking Yours?

Medicare and Cancer Treatment: Your Drugs May Soon Cost Less What to Know

Treatment

An Effective Chemotherapy Alternative to BCG Vaccine for Bladder Cancer

Treatment

Some Prostate Cancer Can Be Monitored Without Increasing Risk of Death in 15 Years How to Make the Important Decision for Treatment

Medicaid Will Be Checking Your Eligibility Soon: What to Know About Changing Coverage If You Have Cancer

Latest News

When Doctors Disagree

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  • Standard treatment protocols exist, but excellent physicians, and institutions, can have very different approaches.
  • You should know your options.
  • See our full collection of resources on common screening and treatment questions.
Prevention

Finding a Balance Between Screening and Treating

Treatment

Surgery or Radiation: Second Opinions Matter

Prevention

When Should I Get a Mammogram?

Prevention

When to Screen for Prostate Cancer

Treatment

Surgical Options for Lung Cancer

Treatment

Proton Therapy: When Is Expensive Cancer Treatment Really Worth It?

When Doctors Disagree

  • Standard treatment protocols exist, but excellent physicians, and institutions, can have very different approaches.
  • You should know your options.
  • See our full collection of resources on common screening and treatment questions.

September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month

Prevention

What is a Blood Cancer - How is it Different?

Dr. Nina Shah
UCSF Medical Center
Overview

What is Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)?

Dr. Jerry Lee
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Overview

Making Treatment Decisions for Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)

Laura Gesualdi-Gilmore
SurvivorNet
Overview

Reblozyl Approval: Reducing Need For Blood Transfusions in Low-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Patients

Dr. Rodrigo Leão Edelmuth
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Prevention

What is a Blood Cancer - How is it Different?

Dr. Nina Shah
UCSF Medical Center
Overview

What is Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)?

Dr. Jerry Lee
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Overview

Making Treatment Decisions for Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)

Laura Gesualdi-Gilmore
SurvivorNet
Overview

Reblozyl Approval: Reducing Need For Blood Transfusions in Low-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Patients

Dr. Rodrigo Leão Edelmuth
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

Prostate Cancer: Awareness is Key

Prevention

When to Screen for Prostate Cancer

Dr. Edwin Posadas
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Later Stage

How to Treat Late-Stage Prostate Cancer: New Treatment Developments

Lindsay Modglin
Prevention

If You Have a Family History of Prostate Cancer, Get Screened Early

Dr. James Brooks
Stanford Medicine
Treatment

The FDA Expedites the Development of New Prostate Cancer Drug

Prevention

When to Screen for Prostate Cancer

Dr. Edwin Posadas
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Later Stage

How to Treat Late-Stage Prostate Cancer: New Treatment Developments

Lindsay Modglin
Prevention

If You Have a Family History of Prostate Cancer, Get Screened Early

Dr. James Brooks
Stanford Medicine
Treatment

The FDA Expedites the Development of New Prostate Cancer Drug

Cancer Topics We're Talking About

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Relapse

CAR T-Cell Therapy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Having This Breakthrough Treatment

Dr. Nina Shah
UCSF Medical Center

New Hope For Stomach Cancer: Immunotherapy Drug Opdivo Now Approved As a First Treatment

Does Smoking Marijuana Cause Lung Cancer? Top Experts Tell SurvivorNet a Public Health Crisis is Coming

Treatment

The Father of Immunotherapy Recommends Multiple Opinions

Dr. Steven Rosenberg
National Cancer Institute

Cancer Topics We're Talking About

The SurvivorNet Community: "We've Been Through It"

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Living

The Wall Street Trader Who Became a Tattoo Artist to Help Women Become Whole Again

SPONSORED

I'm Able to Be Here For More Milestones - One Cancer Survivor's Incredible Story

Living

Finding the Light After a Cancer Diagnosis

Living

Dancing Her Way to Recovery - How Zumba Helped Survivor Vera Trifunovich Cope

I Didn't Think I'd Live to See My Kids Get Married -- Judy Golz on Learning to Live With the Disease

"Mommies Make It Through Cancer" says Joan Lunden's Best-Selling Co-Author, The Amazing Laura Morton

In an Industry So Focused on Looks, Ramy Gafni Didn't Let Cancer Get in His Way

Kelly Shanahan

METUP
Living

It's Not My Boobs, It's Not My Hair -- It's Just Me That Makes Me Beautiful

The SurvivorNet Community: "We've Been Through It"

The Immunotherapy Revolution

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What's Next for Cancer Now That There's a Nobel Prize for Immunotherapy?

Later Stage

Immunotherapy Helps Your Body Help Itself

Dr. Cecilia Larocca
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Later Stage

Immunotherapy Has Changed The Game For Lung Cancer

Treatment

The Promise of Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment

Dr. Steven Rosenberg
National Cancer Institute

Dr. Ronald Natale

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Dr. Scott Strome

University of Maryland

The Immunotherapy Revolution

Take a look at our step-by-step guides to individual cancers.

You'll find top doctors taking the time to lay things out. We're here to help on your journey.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Bladder Cancer Breast Cancer Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Colon Cancer Lung Cancer Melanoma Mental Health Multiple Myeloma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

SurvivorNet Guide: Genetics

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Prevention

Should I Get Genetic Testing to Assess My Risk for Cancer?

Dr. Ophira Ginsburg
NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center
Prevention

Buyer Beware: Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing

Dr. Ophira Ginsburg
NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center
Prevention

Where Can I Get Genetic Testing?

Dr. Elizabeth Comen
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Treatment

Genetics Help Researchers Get Closer To A Cure

Dr. Eli Van Allen
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Later Stage

The Importance Of Genetics In Lung Cancers

Dr. Geoffrey Oxnard
Boston Medical Center
Prevention

Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer

Dr. Elizabeth Comen
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

SurvivorNet Guide: Genetics

Things They Don't Always Tell You

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Prevention

Does Smoking Marijuana Cause Lung Cancer?

Dr. Raja Flores
Mount Sinai Health System
Prevention

Common Misconceptions About Colon Cancer

Dr. Heather Yeo
Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian
Living

Prostate Cancer Surgery Reduces Penis Size

Dr. Stephen Freedland
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Things They Don't Always Tell You

You Should Understand The Marketing Around Cancer

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Dr. Raja Flores

Mount Sinai Health System
Treatment

Do Your Own Research on Prostate Cancer Treatment

Dr. Patrick Swift
Stanford Medicine
Treatment

Proton Therapy: When Is Expensive Cancer Treatment Really Worth It?

Dr. Keith Cengel
University of Pennsylvania
Treatment

CyberKnife as Effective as Traditional Treatments

Dr. James Brooks
Stanford Medicine

Dr. Heather Yeo

Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian

You Should Understand The Marketing Around Cancer

Later Stage

An Immunotherapy Breakthrough: The Judy Perkins Story

Judy Perkins is a name that will be in the medical text books. She is the first person to be declared free of metastatic breast cancer after a course of immunotherapy. That's a big deal. She is what's known in the world of clinical trials as an "exceptional responder." SurvivorNet went to meet Judy about a year ago at... Read More

Judy Perkins

SurvivorNet Guide: Sex & Fertility

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Living

A Healthy Sex Life Is Possible Following Prostate Surgery

Dr. James Brooks
Stanford Medicine
Treatment

Ask Your Doctor About Nerve-Sparing Surgery

Dr. Jim Hu
Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Jaime Knopman

CCRM NY
Living

Can I Have A Baby After Breast Cancer?

Dr. Elizabeth Comen
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

SurvivorNet Guide: Sex & Fertility

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