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

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018

Stem Cell Transplants Can Benefit Lymphoma Patients Who Fail to Respond to Chemo, Study Shows

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Stem cell transplants can lead to excellent outcomes in certain B-cell lymphoma patients who failed to respond to chemoimmunotherapy, a study shows. The results apply to patients with primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, ... Read more

March 2, 2018March 2, 2018

Researchers Discover a Non-invasive and Safe Way to Assess Stem Cell Transplants Earlier

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An imaging agent called 18F-fluorothymidine (18F-FLT) allows researchers to assess how a patient is recovering after receiving a stem cell transplant earlier than current methods, according to a pilot study. ... Read more

March 1, 2018March 1, 2018

Johns Hopkins Team Calls for Standardized Hospital Charges for Outpatient Cancer Care

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A study showing wide disparities in hospitals’ charges for outpatient cancer care has prompted Johns Hopkins researchers to call for standardized prices for the services. The team also expressed concern ... Read more

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018

Age Alone Shouldn’t Exclude Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patients from Stem Cell Transplants, Study Finds

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When choosing which patients are eligible for blood stem cell transplants, age is usually one of the factors weighed in. Now, a new study shows that at least for patients ... Read more

February 27, 2018

Phase 2 Study of KD025 Shows Encouraging Clinical Response in Patients with Graft-versus-host Disease

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Treatment with KD025 is safe and effectively reduces the manifestations of graft-versus-host disease in patients receiving steroids for the condition, or whose condition worsened while on steroids, Kadmon Holdings announced. Those findings ... Read more

February 26, 2018February 26, 2018

Umbralisib Shows Promise in Treating Lymphoma, Leukemia in Phase 1 Clinical Trial

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Umbralisib, being developed by TG Therapeutics, showed positive results in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and lymphoma patients in a Phase 1 clinical trial. The study, “Umbralisib, a novel ... Read more

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018

Imbruvica Only Moderately Effective in Relapsed Follicular Lymphoma Patients, Phase 2 Trial Shows

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Imbruvica (ibrutinib) is only moderately effective against tumors in patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma, and certain clinical and genetic factors may have an impact on patient response, according to results ... Read more

February 22, 2018February 22, 2018

Fun Things I Did While I Had Cancer

Columns, Overcoming Adversity- a Column by Radiant Racheli

After I was diagnosed with cancer, I felt like my world stopped and that I would have to cancel life to be in treatment at all times. I quickly checked ... Read more

February 21, 2018February 21, 2018

New Technology Identifies Hodgkin’s Patients Unlikely to Respond to Chemotherapy, Company Says

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A new technology called Telo-HL, developed by 3D Signatures (3DS), is able to distinguish Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients who respond to standard chemotherapy from those who do not, the company announced. An independent analysis ... Read more

February 20, 2018February 20, 2018

Injections in Mice Eliminated Local and Distant Tumors, Study Shows

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Injecting two immuno-enhancing agents in very small amounts directly into a solid tumor eliminated not only the local, and all distant tumors (metastasis), a new mouse study shows. The effectiveness ... Read more

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018

Interactive Online Program with Rewards Helps Kids Stay Active After Cancer Treatment, Study Shows

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An online interactive system that offered rewards for exercising helped childhood cancer survivors stay physically active, according to results of a pilot clinical trial. Greater physical activity appeared to benefit their ... Read more

February 16, 2018February 16, 2018

Many Young Cancer Survivors Are Not Seeking Follow-up Care After Treatment, Study Finds

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Many adolescent and young adult cancer survivors do not continue to receive follow-up care to reduce their long-term risks after ending treatment, according to a new study. This suggests that ... 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