Cancer survivorship means different things to different people. Just as no two people’s cancer is exactly alike, neither is their experience of having had, or continuing to live with, cancer.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI)...
In a recent national survey, 72% of men said they’d rather do household chores – like cleaning the bathroom or mowing the lawn – than visit the doctor. And according to data collected by...
About 70% of patients referred to Winship’s Supportive Oncology Clinic mistakenly conflate palliative care and hospice care, according to Kimberly A. Curseen, MD, director of supportive and palliative care outpatient services for Emory Healthcare....
In the effort to cure cancer, you might say that clinical trials are a win-win.
Patients who participate in trials win in a wide variety of ways, benefiting from advancements discovered during previous trials as...
Held annually on the first Sunday of June, National Cancer Survivors Day is a celebration of survivors of cancer – more than 16.9 million in America – and an occasion to draw attention to...
Chances are your to-do list is already a mile long. You’ve got things to do, places to go and people to see. So why add one more item to your list?
Well, when that item...
Just the words “brain cancer” and “glioblastoma” can strike fear into anyone’s heart. And it is very scary to receive such a diagnosis. But despite their high visibility because of the famous people who...
Our Head and Neck Cancer Multidisciplinary Program was a kind of incubator for what we at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University call “The Winship Way.”
The program started practicing patient-centered care before it was...