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Kula for Karma, a nonprofit organization, offers yoga programs designed to aid patients with cancer as well as medical professionals, first responders and others, manage stress and improve quality of life.

The FDA has issued an advisory on the association between breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma. More research is needed in this area.

The FDA has granted approval for the PARP inhibitor niraparib for maintenance treatment of patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial repsponse to platinum-based chemotherapy.

For patients with breast cancer on aromatase inhibitors, preventive sexual counseling can reduce sexual dysfunction, and it should be provided earlier in treatment, with support from providers.

A recent study found that by using standardized criteria, a more objective assessment of patients and their families’ palliative care needs can be made, which can lead to improvement in multiple quality measures.

Today, the US House of Representatives is set to vote on the American Health Care Act which would repeal the Affordable Care Act, ACA or Obamacare.

The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to immunotherapy agent avelumab for the treatment of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma.

For patients with BRCA+ ovarian cancer, olaparib in the maintenance setting has shown impressive progression free survival benefits.

A recent study found that out-of-pocket costs could be a barrier to timely initiation of TKI therapy among individuals with Medicare coverage.

A recent study evaluated how muscle mass can be used to predict which patients will experience toxicities from chemotherapy and to what extent.

A recent study found that neurofeedback brain training could be effective in reducing chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN).

According to a recent survey, the main causes for a lack of HPV vaccine uptake are a lack of knowledge and a failure by healthcare providers to recommend it.

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to pembrolizumab for treatment of patients with hodgkin lymphoma.

The PARP inhibitor olaparib improved PFS when compared to standard chemotherapy in patients with BRCA-positive breast cancer, according to findings from the phase III OLYMPIAD trial.

The benfits of imatinib persisted over time and long-term administration of the drug was not assicationed with unacceptable toxic effects in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).

The FDA has granted approval to ribociclib (Kisqali) for firstline treatment of HR+/HER2- breast cancer.

According to findings presented at the 2017 Miami Breast Cancer Conference, combination eribulin and pembrolizumab showed promising results for patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is highly effective, and potentially curable for early-stage lung cancer, though not many physicians use the therapy, says expert Molly Freeman, CNP.

After chemotherapy proved unsuccessful, one patient entered a clinical trial of a new combination for immunotherapy for her ovarian cancer.

For patients who may be unable to afford access to scalp cooling systems for chemotherapy-induced hair loss, the nonprofit organization Hair to Stay can help with their grants.

Alix Beaupierre, RN, BSN, OCN, transplant nurse coordinator at Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the patient education program she led for a CAR T-cell therapy clinical trial.

Adding to ublituximab to ibruitinib has significantly improved reponse rates compared to ibrutinib alone for patients with previously treated high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Denosumab demonstrated noninferiority to zoledronic acid at delaying the time to the first skeletal-related event (SRE) in patients with multiple myeloma.

A recent study found that online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention led to an improvement in sexual functioning for patients with breast cancer experiencing adverse effects.

A multidisciplinary team went to Botswana to bring more effective treatment to patients with cervical cancer.

A poor diet earlier in life could be linked to a greatest risk of breast cancer before menopause.

A recent study has found that the rates of colorectal cancer are rising in young adults.

The coping mechanism of mindfulness can be an effective technique in complementary or integrative therapies for patients with cancer, such as meditation, yoga, and reiki.