For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way
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At a scary time for patients, too few doctors ask about feelings, a new study finds.
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SUNDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Not every cancer patient is reaping the benefits of advances in medical care, new research shows.
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A breast cancer diagnosis can be devastating and scary. We have the story of two women who are cancer survivors and how they&#39;ve helped each other through a special program at Desert Regional Medical Center.
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I have spent most of the past three weeks inside a hospital room, watching a person I love fight for his life. It is in this frame of mind - raging helplessly against the ever-mutating cleverness of disease
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At a time when more people are cured of cancer than ever before, fewer doctors seem willing to say so.    They call the cancer undetectable, or in remission...
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Friends suggest that her increasing presence in her husbandâs campaign reflects a clarity that comes from her cancer diagnoses.
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Doctors say patients timid about having surgeries for fear of pain shouldn't put it off: A new focus on patient comfort and advances in pain management are making many procedures nearly pain-free.
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A surgical gown with incision marks is designed to boost medical students' empathy for their patients.
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Aug. 31, 2004 -- For cancer survivors, physical and emotional problems continue long after treatment ends. In fact, even long-term cancer survivors fare worse -- in terms of quality of life -- than people
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They call them "frequent fliers" at Children's Hospital: families with children so sick they've spent weeks, even months, at the medical center. They've come for complicated treatments: chemo for cancer, heart surgery, kidney transplants. The list goes on.
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Families of cancer patients may feel that regardless of medical opinion, the patient can will themselves to make it through Christmas.
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When painful medicine is involved, closeness to a patient can make for fuzzy views.
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It&#39;s a lesson children learn before their ABCs - say you&#39;re sorry when you hurt someone. Now it&#39;s being taught in the grown-up world of medicine as a surprisingly powerful way to
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Doctors are closer to predicting which cancer patients can skip chemotherapy and avoid the brutal side effects of that staple of cancer care, doctors at a major medical meeting said on Tuesday.
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Women with a high risk of breast cancer can find much help and solace in support groups, according to a new study to be published in the Nov. 15 issue of CANCER, a journal
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NEW YORK  - The results of a new study provide no evidence to support the notion that patients with cancer can influence the course or outcome of their cancer by making changes to improve their emotional well-being or, in particular, that psychotherapy can help them live longer.
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The treatment that more cancer patients receive may one day depend on their genes. With an increasing number of biological clues available, doctors hope they will be able to customize more patients' treatments based on their genetic profiles.