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RD123.5 - Stem Cell Transplantation
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- RD123.5.T188.1 - Stem Cell Transplantation: Survivors Concerns
D. Kathryn Tierney, RN, PhD and Ranjana Advani, MD - Autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation issues - fatigue, decreased physical stamina, anxiety about relapse, fear of secondary malignancies, infertility, premature menopause, struggles to reintegrate lives, and the unique problem faced by allogeneic SCT survivors chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD). Health care providers can help those SCT survivors facing ongoing health problems with coping and adaptation by providing education, counseling and aggressively treating active health problems.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/Survivor/stemcell.html
First appeared 2007-12-28; updated 2008-08-02
RG134 - Sperm Banking
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- RG134.M97.1 - Sperm Banking: Keeping Fatherhood as an Option
Sherron Mills - Urge physicians to encourage men to bank their sperm
for possible future use as far in advance of cancer treatment as
possible- the best way to ensure that fatherhood remains an option
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/spermbank.html
First appeared 2003-12-04; updated 2007-11-08
RG186 - Hot Flashes (Menopause-like Symptoms, Flushing)
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- RG186.S56.1 - Hot Flashes (Menopause-like Symptoms, Flushing)
Julie Schwenka, PharmD, UCSF - Hot flashes can be a troubling symptom in women who
have undergone antiestrogen therapy or in men who have been given
androgen deprivation therapies. Hot flashes are an increase in body
temperature and can also be accompanied by flushing, sweating,
palpitations, anxiety and/or irritability
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/hotflashes.html
First appeared 2003-08-03; updated 2007-01-29
RG491-493 - Breast Health and Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Biopsy RG - Gynecology and obstetrics Needle Aspiration
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- RG493.L21.1 - Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Biopsy
Britt-Marie Ljung, MD, Deborah Hamolsky, RN, MS, Elizabeth Tioupine - You have been referred for a Fine Needle Aspiration
biopsy (FNA) by your health care provider. This is because a lump was
discovered and your physician wants to determine what that lump is.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/fna.html
First appeared 2001-12-28; updated 2007-11-08
RM222 - Foods, Herbs, Phytonutrients, Spices
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- RM222.R39.1 - Spices, Phytonutrients and Medical Treatment
Ernest H. Rosenbaum, MD - Turmeric is an Indian spice often used to treat cancer. In traumatic brain injury stroke or Alzheimers, curcumin can be protective. Cinnamon may be a good adjuvant treatment for diabetes. Ginger has been used with chemotherapy to reduce nausea and osteoarthritis. Genistein an isoflavone phytoestrogen is a natural selective estrogen receptor modulator with a positive regulatory bone cell metabolism. Lycopene seems to have a DNA protective role with antioxidant power and ability to stimulate enzymes that deactivate carcinogens. Flaxseed a source of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) may have anticancer effects, help prevent heart attacks and lower cholesterol and antioxidant properties. Lignans are found in sesame and pumpkin seeds, cranberries, tea and coffee.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/spice.html
First appeared 2007-11-24
RM666 - Estrogen and Progestin Bioactivity of Foods, Herbs, Spices
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- RM666.Z29.1 - Estrogen and Progestin Bioactivity of Foods, Herbs, and Spices (44247)
David T. Zava, PhD, Charles M. Dollbaum, MD, PhD, and Marilyn Blen - 150 herbs traditionally used by herbalists for
treating a variety of health problems were extracted and tested for
their relative capacity... to intracellular receptors for progesterone
(PR) and estradiol (ER) in intact human breast cancer cells.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/estrogenherb.html
First appeared 2003-07-14; updated 2007-11-02 - RM666.Z29.2 - Estrogen and Progestin Bioactivity of Foods, Herbs, and Spices - Figures and Tables
David T. Zava, PhD, Charles M. Dollbaum, MD, PhD, and Marilyn Blen - Herbs and Spices Studied - Alphabetical Listing Containing ER Binding and PR Binding Components
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/estrogenherbdata.html
First appeared 2003-07-14; updated 2007-11-02 - RM666.Z29.3 - Estrogen and Progestin Bioactivity of Foods, Herbs, and Spices - References
David T. Zava, PhD, Charles M. Dollbaum, MD, PhD, and Marilyn Blen - References for Estrogen and Progestin Bioactivity of Foods, Herbs, and Spices
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/estrogenherbref.html
First appeared 2007-11-02; updated 2004-09-30
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