Just Diagnosed

El apoyo y el cuidador

Cuidando a un cuidador

Cuando llegan los informes de las pruebas y la creciente expectación confirma los peores temores con un diagnóstico de cáncer, sin duda a quien más afecta es al individuo. Sin embargo, sus ondas son de gran alcance; lo compartimos con nuestros padres, familiares, parejas, hijos o amigos, y casi cualquier persona en la que podamos confiar en busca de apoyo. 

Un diagnóstico de cáncer puede ser devastador: de repente, el tiempo se detiene mientras la ansiedad y el miedo se apoderan de uno.

Lo importante es que tu o tu cuidador pueden ser tu mejor defensor y aliado en el camino hacia el tratamiento. Si quieres participar activamente en tu cuidado, aquí tienes algunos consejos que debes tener en cuenta cuando empieces a procesar tu situación:

We are continuing to edit the extensive videos from our 8th annual live patient forum, to make them available for our community! 

During this event, leading thoracic oncologists from around the world, as well as lung cancer patients who are active within the patient advocacy community, discussed subjects relevant to all targets as well as breakout sessions on rare mutations.

 

A diagnosis of cancer can be devastating - suddenly time stands still while anxiety and fear take hold.  

The important news is that you or your caregiver can be your best advocate and ally in your treatment journey.  If you want to be an active participant in your care, here are some tips to consider as you begin to process your situation:

In these videos from our 8th annual live patient forum, leading thoracic oncologists from around the world, as well as lung cancer patients who are active within the patient advocacy community, discussed subjects relevant to all targets as well as breakout sessions on rare mutations.

For this 2022 Program: Testing and Early Diagnosis, Drs. Devika Das, Medical Oncologist, Hematologist, UAB Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Alabama Birmingham; Dr. Rana McKay, Medical Oncologist, Associate Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego; and Dr. Medhavi Gupta, Hematologist-Oncologist, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brown University, present the importance about Testing and Early Diagnosis in Cancer.

Did you know that current GRACE programs can be accessed under our EDUCATE navigation bar?  

If you want to keep up on what content GRACE is producing, or if there is a specific program you are interested in seeing throughout the years, there are many ways to find that information.  One of the best tools is the navigation drop-down under EDUCATE.  

We are excited to bring new and updated information to share through our Bladder Cancer Video Library.

For this video series, we are pleased to work with Dr. Shilpa Gupta, Director of the Genitourinary Medical Oncology at TCI and Co-Leader of the Genitourinary Oncology Program at Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Petros Grivas, Oncologist with the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, UW Medicine and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Dr. Jason Brown, Medical Oncologist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.