THE CHALLENGES OF SURVIVING CANCER
Maybe it’s your mother, maybe it’s your co-worker, or your neighbor, or maybe you yourself are a cancer survivor. In America alone, there are approximately 10.5 million people living with a history of cancer.
Maybe it’s your mother, maybe it’s your co-worker, or your neighbor, or maybe you yourself are a cancer survivor. In America alone, there are approximately 10.5 million people living with a history of cancer.
Sarasota is a not-for-profit group organized to educate and inform its members on matters concerning prostate cancer. The organization does not dispense medical advice. Meetings are normally held on the fourth Monday at 2 p.m. in Sarasota Memorial Hospital although exceptions to this schedule do occur. Call the number above for further information.
There’s no way around it. A diagnosis of cancer is frightening, and most people react the same way — with disbelief, anger, and ultimately, a sense of having no control over one’s life.
HELPS BREAST CANCER PATIENTS MAKE BETTER TREATMENT DECISIONS
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And since the program began in 1985, mammography rates have more than doubled for women age 50 and older and breast cancer deaths have declined.
A 62-year-old white male from the Bradenton-Sarasota area presented with anemia and thrombocytopenia.
A bone marrow aspiration and biopsy was done and a diagnosis of marrow failure due to myelodysplastic syndrome was made.
A 44-year-old female presents with history of breast cancer, metastatic to the liver. At the time of presentation, her liver was largely replaced with cancer. The patient was treated with Avastin (bevacizumab) and chemotherapy for about 2 years. The patient responded well for 18 months.
An 84 year old white male was treated in the Sarasota-Manatee area for more than a decade with cyclosporine for a diagnosis of aplastic anemia.
A 71-year-old retired physics professor was seen and evaluated in the Sarasota-Manatee area for anemia in early 2007.
A 53-year-old female pharmaceutical executive was seen in May 2009 for a new diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.