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A surprisingly high number of cancer patients use opioids for months after curative-intent surgery, new research finds. What cancer care teams should know.
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When a parent has cancer, children should be part of a conversation. Tips for talking to kids about the disease.
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Suppressive Treg cells become even more suppressive when they die, a new study finds.
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As her young daughter battles a brain tumor, a mother advocates for more research — and funding — to combat childhood cancers of all kinds.
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Read the results of a Michigan Medicine brain imaging study revealing how acupressure fights fatigue in breast cancer survivors.
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Clinical trials for new cancer treatments are most effective when a diverse group of patients participates. Michigan Medicine wants more patients to get involved.
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Learn when active surveillance of low risk thyroid, prostate and breast cancer, may be appropriate and whether this approach could reduce overtreatment.
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For adolescents and young adults with cancer, bouncing back to a regular social life after treatment doesn’t always happen without help, a new study finds.
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Learn about the laws that protect patients from discrimination after genetic counseling. Read excerpts from three genetic testing protection laws.
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Michigan Medicine oncologists highlight some of the top findings that came from the field’s largest professional meeting.
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As more biomarker-based studies open, such testing will increase opportunities to match patients with clinical trials.
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Emotional distress and depression associated with cancer can be debilitating for patients and their families, learn what signs to look for and what treatments can help.
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Steps taken before starting cancer treatment can preserve a patient’s ability to have children. A Michigan Medicine doctor explains.
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For the first time, researchers have found an important factor that mitigates immune suppression in cancer.
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Hospitals and health systems nationwide, including Michigan Medicine, now tap advocates who bring compassionate and customized help to cancer patients.
