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We couldn't do what we do without you, our volunteers! 

From sharing their own philanthropic efforts, helping at the ASCO booth, admin and transcription work, to spreading pamphlets and information about GRACE, to writing informational articles for our community, we have been lucky to have some of the most amazing people volunteer their time and efforts to GRACE.

This month we are pleased to give a huge thank you to Ketki Patel!

We are very excited to bring to you more information through our new program regarding supportive care in cancer treatment.  

Arjun Gupta, MD, one of the GRACE Fellows Ambassador Program Winners for 2019 is the host of this video series, Supportive Care in Cancer Treatment.  In this second video, Dr. Gupta's guest is Dr. Richard Dunne, with the University of Rochester Medical Center in NY. Their topic of discussion is cachexia during cancer treatment.

We are very excited to bring to you this new program on supportive care in cancer treatment.  

Arjun Gupta, MD, one of the GRACE Fellows Ambassador Program Winners for 2019 is the host of this video series, Supportive Care in Cancer Treatment.  In this first video, Dr. Gupta's guest is Charles Loprinzi, MD, with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.  Their topic of discussion is Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN).

GRACE and Living Yoga Therapy continue to provide more in our series on surviving with cancer.  

Our friend and partner, Raquel Jex Forsgren, founder of Living Yoga Therapy based in Chicago continues to bring us wonderful tips and yoga techniques for dealing with cancer.  

From the Grace Archives | Originally Published January 4, 2010 | By Dr Harman | 5 Comments

What is palliative care? I get this question at least once a day, not only from patients and families but also from other clinicians. While many GRACE members are familiar with palliative care, there still exists a lot of confusion out there about what palliative care exactly is. To be honest, back when I started medical school, I didn’t know what it was myself.

From the Grace Archives | Originally Published May 6, 2011 | By Dr West 

This is a difficult topic for many people to think about, and especially to bring up in a public forum, but people still want and need to know what they might expect as they or someone they care for are declining. It is understandable to fear the unknown, and to fear suffering. I would say that there are a few leading points here:

1) Most patients don’t suffer much as their cancer progresses and as they transition through the dying process.