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Giving the forgotten generation of cancer patients a voice

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That’s according to advocate Megan-Claire Chase, who has been blogging about her experiences since she was diagnosed with invasive lobular breast cancer in her early 30s. Click here to read Megan-Claire’s blog. Young people with cancer need a “seat at the table”, but instead they are often side-lined and voiceless. Finding your voice.

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Toxic positivity and grief: The reality of living through cancer

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Megan-Claire Chase , a fierce patient advocate who has been blogging about her experiences since she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, said the disease never went away. Megan-Claire underwent 16 rounds of chemotherapy, nine operations, and 33 radiation treatments after developing invasive lobular breast cancer in her 30s.

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2022 IDstewardship Year End Review

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As someone who enjoys the simplicity of Sesame Street and the complexity of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, this one was near and dear to my heart as well as a long time coming. EDITOR’S CHOICE: BEST ARTICLE OF 2022. This was the most fun article to work on this year. Sesame Street Songs & Fundamental Lessons For Antibiotic Prescribing.

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Avastin Diary – Children’s Services Special

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Oscar has started attending a youth group here in Nottingham – they meet every week and the other children that go (varying age ranges) are kids that are all have chronic illnesses or going through treatment like Avastin, immunotherapy, chemotherapy etc. If you would like to add anything (anything at all!)

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Avastin Diary – Side Effects Special

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I am looking back on our experience on Avastin if you have been reading my blog. As this blog is about our journey, I wanted to share with you our school health care plan for Avastin side effects that our Outreach nurse, Carly came up with for our multi-agency meeting. So it’s likely avastin has caused this dysfunction.

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Avastin Diary 16 -Treatments 19&20, Imposter Syndrome and Scanxiety

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Avastin Diary 16 – December & Scanxiety Treatment 19 & 20 – December 2023 The first thing I wanted to talk about in the months blog is Imposter Syndrome. Treatment options are limited to surgery/radiosurgery/chemotherapy which often results in loss of function of the involved nerve. So what am I getting at?

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HER2 Targeting Therapies Market: A Deeper Look into Therapy Developer Landscape and Future Opportunities

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These therapies can be used as a monotherapy or in combination with other therapeutic modalities, such as chemotherapy, surgery or radiation therapy. The post HER2 Targeting Therapies Market: A Deeper Look into Therapy Developer Landscape and Future Opportunities appeared first on Blog.