February 26, 2021February 24, 2021
A Farewell Note to My Beloved Readers
Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman
So, the time has come. Here I am, three years after I sat down for the first time to write ... Read more
February 15, 2021February 11, 2021
A Light-giver Shares a Lesson in Emotional Honesty
Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman
Have you ever noticed how the people with the most light to give are often those who have endured the ... Read more
February 1, 2021January 27, 2021
Embarking on a New Chapter While Cherishing the Value of Community
Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman
It’s surreal to ponder that our world has been living through a pandemic for a year now. That we’ve endured ... Read more
December 14, 2020December 9, 2020
Shedding My Sickness While Acknowledging Its Eternal Impact
Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman
Just before the world changed overnight in March, I wrote a column titled “The Paradox of Healing.” In it, I ... Read more
November 16, 2020November 12, 2020
Sometimes Everything Works Out All Right
Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman
The other day, I chanced upon a poem called “Sometimes” that stopped me in my tracks and penetrated right through ... Read more
September 28, 2020September 24, 2020
Let’s Not Forget the Superheroes
Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman
Lately, in the midst of all the insanity going on in the world and the ensuing, albeit dispiriting, headlines covering ... Read more
September 14, 2020September 10, 2020
Frozen Toes and Sleepless Nights: The Reality of Being a Cancer Survivor
Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman
For the past week, I have been living in what I can only describe as a state of unrelenting exhaustion. ... Read more
August 31, 2020August 27, 2020
Can a Break From Routine Induce Healing?
Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman
This is a question I found myself pondering the other week as I locked up my little flat and escaped ... Read more
August 17, 2020August 13, 2020
Reflections on My ‘Re-birthday’ and the Past Year of Recovery
Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman
By the time this column is published, the one-year anniversary of my lifesaving stem cell transplant will have come and ... Read more
July 27, 2020July 23, 2020
This Year Has Taught Me Gratitude
Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman
This week I’ve felt completely at a loss over what to write about. It happens sometimes. Usually there’s something on ... Read more
July 13, 2020July 9, 2020
Total Happiness Is Unobtainable, and That’s OK
Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman
I recently came to the realization that none of us will ever be totally happy. Upbeat way to start a ... Read more
June 29, 2020June 25, 2020
As I Befriend My Fear of Relapse, Fear Loses Its Power
Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman
Being a cancer survivor is a complicated thing. It’s a lot of conflicting experiences at once. It’s walking down the ... Read more

Reclaiming the ‘C’ Word

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

There’s nothing quite as mood-killing as mentioning the “c” word at a party. No really, you should try it sometime. Next time you’re out at a bar or a social ... Read more

September 21, 2018

Chemotherapy Used to Treat Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in Women Age 35 or Older Risks Damage to Ovaries, Study Finds

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Damage to the ovaries is likely in women with Hodgkin’s lymphoma who are 35 years old or older and given standard chemotherapy, and in those at any age treated with BEACOPP chemotherapy, a secondary analysis ... Read more

September 20, 2018

Older Stem Cell Transplant Patients with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at Higher Risk of Death, Study Suggests

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Stem cell transplant to treat non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in patients older than 65 is as effective as it is in younger patients, but is associated with a higher risk of non-relapse ... Read more

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018

Rituxan-Revlimid Combo Effective in Treating Advanced Follicular Lymphoma, Study Shows

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Patients with previously untreated follicular lymphoma may soon be able to replace a regimen of chemotherapy and Rituxan (rituximab) with Rituxan and Revlimid (lenalidomide) after a Phase 3 trial showed similar effectiveness for ... Read more

September 18, 2018

Verastem Launches Phase 1/2 Trial to Evaluate Duvelisib-Venclexta Combo in CLL/SLL Patients

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Verastem Oncology has dosed the first patient in its Phase 1/2 trial testing a combination of duvelisib and Venclexta (venetoclax) in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) who failed ... Read more

$Zevalin Becomes Available in Canada for Relapsed or Refractory Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas$

September 14, 2018

Zevalin Becomes Available in Canada for Relapsed or Refractory Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas

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Patients in Canada with relapsed or refractory low-grade or follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, who produce the CD20 factor, can now be treated with Zevalin (ibritumomab tiuxetan). Servier Canada, Zevalin’s manufacturer, ... Read more

September 13, 2018

Mouse Study Finds Potential Therapeutic Target for Anaplastic Large-cell Lymphoma

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A cellular protein called TYK2 plays a key role in tumor development and survival in anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL), according to a new study. The finding suggests that targeting TYK2 ... Read more

September 12, 2018

Corticosteroid Use May Cause Bone Side Effects in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patients, Study Suggests

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Corticosteroid use is among the risk factors leading to osteonecrosis — a painful, bone-disrupting condition — in Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients, a large retrospective analysis shows. Given that no proven interventions ... Read more

September 11, 2018

Adcetris-Chemotherapy Combo Improves Survival Rates in Elderly Hodgkin’s Patients, Phase 2 Trial Shows

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Adding Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) to standard chemotherapy significantly improves responses and survival rates of elderly patients with newly diagnosed Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a Phase 2 study shows. In the trial, 90% of ... Read more

September 10, 2018

Investigational Therapy TAK-659 Targets Lymphomas Linked to Epstein-Barr Virus, Mouse Study Shows

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TAK-659, an investigational compound being developed by Takeda Pharmaceuticals, is able to target lymphomas associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, preventing their growth and spread, a mouse study shows. The ... Read more

September 10, 2018September 6, 2018

Living with Fear

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

When I was a child, fear came in many forms. It was the dark abyss beneath my bed and the ominous depths of the formidable ocean. Fear was evil witches, ... Read more

September 7, 2018

Common Therapy for Rare Blood Cancer May Activate ‘Dormant’ Lymphoma, Study Suggests

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Treatment of myelofibrosis, a rare type of blood cancer, with Jakafi (ruxolitinib) gives a patient 16 times the risk of developing aggressive B-cell lymphoma, through the activation of a pre-existing ... Read more

A Farewell Note to My Beloved Readers

A Light-giver Shares a Lesson in Emotional Honesty

Embarking on a New Chapter While Cherishing the Value of Community

Shedding My Sickness While Acknowledging Its Eternal Impact

Sometimes Everything Works Out All Right

Let’s Not Forget the Superheroes

Frozen Toes and Sleepless Nights: The Reality of Being a Cancer Survivor

Can a Break From Routine Induce Healing?

Reflections on My ‘Re-birthday’ and the Past Year of Recovery

This Year Has Taught Me Gratitude

Total Happiness Is Unobtainable, and That’s OK

As I Befriend My Fear of Relapse, Fear Loses Its Power