Are you a woman with cancer who wants to work but you worry that your resume needs to be tuned up or your makeup fine-tuned?
Spend an evening with Cancer and Careers starting at 6 pm on July 14th at the W Hotel in Washington and get
Close to three million children in the United States live with parents who have had cancer, half a million with parents in the early stages of treatment and recovery.
One in five adults recently diagnosed with cancer reported having a child under 18 living with them.
Most were women, married, and under the age of 50. Read the rest of this entry »
If you have completed your colorectal cancer treatment within the past two years, researchers at the University of Texas need your help.
Led by Nynikka Palmer, a doctoral student at the University of Texas School of Public Health, a study will explore the goals and plans colorectal cancer survivors have for their health after their treatment is over.
Learn more about the survey or sign up. Read the rest of this entry »
Put on those sneakers and take a walk!
Today is National Start Walking Day. Not only can regular walking reduce risk for heart disease, it can be part of an exercise program to prevent colorectal cancer and support survivorship.
Thirty minutes of walking at a moderate pace has been shown to reduce risk of getting colorectal cancer. Plus exercise after surgery for stage III colon cancer reduced the chances of its coming back. Read the rest of this entry »
You may know this already, but we have now more proof that physically activity reduces significantly your risk of tumor recurrence.
The study conducted by Dr. Jeffrey Meyerhardt from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute began in January 1986, included 668 men who’d been treated for stage I, stage II or stage III colon cancer that had not spread (nonmetastatic cancer). Read the rest of this entry »
Together we are Strong
