What Cancer Patients Need to Know about COVID-19 Vaccines
As the COVID-19 Vaccine becomes accessible throughout the United States, many questions have arisen, especially for cancer patients. In this webinar, Dr. Joshua A. Hill from Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center, a physician who specializes in the treatment of infectious diseases in cancer patients, answers the most common vaccine related questions and explains the vaccine […]
COVID-19 and Breast Cancer Treatment: What has changed and will the changes be permanent?
Dr. Zanetta Lamar answers your questions relating to COVID-19 and breast cancer, including treatment during and after the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70XmNbAUwz0
Living with Mortality and Finding Meaning
Being confronted by our own mortality can bring up a lot of feelings: fear, anger, sadness, helplessness, and few experiences bring us face to face with our own death like a cancer diagnosis. But facing mortality can also be an opportunity to find meaning, live in the moment, and contemplate the mark you want to […]
What Cancer Patients Need to Know about Cardio-Oncology
Dr. Anita Arnold, cardio-oncologist at Lee Health, discusses what cardio-oncology is, how cancer treatment can impact patients’ heart health, and what cancer patients can do to help protect themselves from heart conditions arising from treatment. You’ll come away from this webinar with a better understanding of how to take care of your heart during cancer […]
Metastatic Breast Cancer and The Tumor Microenvironment
Dr. Cyrus M. Ghajar, Assistant Member PHS/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, will explain how microenvironments within distant tissues regulate dormancy and growth of disseminated tumor cells. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99fQtptt35o
Navigating Cancer in the Workplace
This slideshow discussion provides tips for women with cancer on how to navigate your diagnosis in the workplace, from talking to coworkers, paid time off, sick leave, and more.
Coping With Chemo Brain
Dr. Tracy Vannorsdall, board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will discuss cancer-related impairment, also known as “chemo fog” or “chemo brain,” which can be connected to either specific cancer treatments or a cancer diagnosis. Chemo brain can include detrimental effects on memory and attention, and negatively impacts quality […]
Meditation and Stress Relief
Ana Leon Bella, MA, CMA, RSME/T, discusses stress, what can cause stress, and how meditation can help relieve it.
Survivor’s Guilt
This presentation discusses survivor’s guilt by defining it and giving tips on how you can combat it when you know the signs and your emotional “hot spots”.