FAQs About Cancer

Cancer Myths in the Latino Community - 3 Myths About Breast Cancer

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GRACE is excited to bring to our Spanish speaking community a new series on Cancer Myths

Our friend and partner, Narjust (N.J.) Duma, MD is a Chief Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Duma is committed to her research and advocacy in diversity and inclusion. She was recognized as the 2018 resident of the year by the National Hispanic Medical Association.

N.J. speaks to cancer myths in the Latino community, and in this video N.J. discusses 3 common myths about breast cancer.  Stay tuned for more great videos!

Cancer Myths in the Latino Community - Introduction

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GRACE is excited to bring to our Spanish speaking community a new series on Cancer Myths

Our friend and partner, Narjust (N.J.) Duma, MD is a Chief Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Duma is committed to her research and advocacy in diversity and inclusion. She was recognized as the 2018 resident of the year by the National Hispanic Medical Association.

Seminar this Saturday Nov, 10, 2018 Webinar or In Person

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General Lung/Thoracic Cancer

Hi Grace Members,

Grace is happy to present in partnership with the Swedish Cancer Institute "Local Therapies for Metastatic Lung Cancer Who, What, Why, When and How?"  this Saturday, November 10, 2018 | 10:00 am– 1:00 pm Pacific time.   This seminar will be available at no charge in person and as a live webinar.

I joined GRACE as a caregiver for my husband who had a Pancoast tumor, NSCLC stage III in 2009. He had curative chemo/rads then it was believed he had a recurrence in the spine/oligometastasis that was radiated. He's 10 years out from treatment.

Local Therapies for Metastatic Lung Cancer Who, What, Why, When and How?

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Stage IV NSCLC

Hi Grace Members,

Grace is happy to present in partnership with the Swedish Cancer Institute " Local Therapies for Metastatic Lung Cancer Who, What, Why, When and How?"  this Saturday, November 10, 2018 | 10:00 am– 1:00 pm Pacific time.   This seminar will be available at no charge in person and as a live webinar.

I joined GRACE as a caregiver for my husband who had a Pancoast tumor, NSCLC stage III in 2009. He had curative chemo/rads then it was believed he had a recurrence in the spine/oligometastasis that was radiated. He's 10 years out from treatment.

Follicular Lymphoma Treatment Decision Making Tool

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General Discussion!

Hello Grace Members,

 We are happy to introduce a new partnership with Clinical Care Options to help people better understand treatment options for those just diagnosed with follicular lymphoma.  This is the first of several such tools.  Other cancer decision making tools CCO will produce in the coming year include decision making tools include early breast cancer and NSCLC.

I joined GRACE as a caregiver for my husband who had a Pancoast tumor, NSCLC stage III in 2009. He had curative chemo/rads then it was believed he had a recurrence in the spine/oligometastasis that was radiated. He's 10 years out from treatment.

FAQ: Primer on PET Scans

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The following content is offered by the moderators and is adapted from text that appears in several different posts and discussion threads on this topic.

 

PET stands for “positron emission tomography”, and a PET scan is a procedure designed to identify abnormal cellular activity that might indicate cancer. A prominent use for the PET scan (or combination PET/CT) is in achieving accurate staging of cancer.

 

Lung Cancer Video Library 2017-What is the Optimal Follow-up for Patients After Resection of an Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

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Jack West, MD, President and CEO of GRACE provides updates to our Lung Cancer Video Library. In this recent video, Dr. West discusses optimal follow up for patients after resection of an early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

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