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February 10, 2020February 7, 2020

Returning to Work in the Wake of Cancer

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

Back to work and back to reality, right? Right. Except when your reality involves a distressing cancer diagnosis, months of debilitating treatment, and a substantial number of residual emotional and ... Read more

April 12, 2019

Age, Obesity, Comorbidities Linked with Severe Fatigue Among Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Survivors

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While a significant proportion of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma survivors suffer from severe fatigue, the type of initial treatment and Rituxan (rituxumab) use did not influence this outcome, a new study shows. Instead, ... Read more

September 13, 2017

Study Identifies Factors Associated with Young Cancer Survivors’ Reduced Ability to Work

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Depression, fatigue, and reduced physical quality of life are among the factors that limit young cancer survivors’ ability to work, according to a Norwegian study. Side effects of treatment can ... Read more

July 27, 2017

Explaining Chronic Illness: An Alternative to the Spoon Theory

If you are active on social media and have a chronic illness, you’ve probably come across the term “spoonie.” The word comes from a woman’s explanation of how she has to manage ... Read more

July 20, 2017July 20, 2017

My Long-Term Side Effects of Chemo

Columns, Overcoming Adversity- a Column by Radiant Racheli

People prepared me for many things about cancer, but the long-term side effects were not among them. I was living with the false preconceived notion that side effects would happen ... Read more

May 11, 2017

Woman Misdiagnosed With Sciatica Had Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

A young woman from Sydney, Australia was turned away by four different doctors and misdiagnosed with sciatica before she was finally correctly diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. MORE: Ten common emotional responses to ... Read more

October 11, 2016October 11, 2016

Fatigue Seen as Common Problem in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Survivors

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Persistent and debilitating fatigue is a common problem for survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma, regardless of their disease stage or type of treatment, researchers in Germany reported. The study, “Cancer-related fatigue ... Read more