Jessica Webster Sendra was a previous Health Lab contributor.
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A new study sheds light on the risk of blood clots at all stages of ovarian cancer and the potential need for preventive blood thinners during pre-surgery chemotherapy.
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Emotional distress and depression associated with cancer can be debilitating for patients and their families, learn what signs to look for and what treatments can help.
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Steps taken before starting cancer treatment can preserve a patient’s ability to have children. A Michigan Medicine doctor explains.
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Read about how setting a big goal — climbing Africa’s tallest mountain — helped Kelly Luck, who was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, get through day-to-day treatment.
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A new review finds that a family history of prostate cancer should not automatically exclude low-risk patients from an active surveillance approach.
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Read about how this nursing student faces the future with a cheerful determination after being Diagnosed with colon cancer as a teenager.
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Learn five symptoms that are early warning signs of colorectal cancer and find out how your family history impacts your colon cancer risk.
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A Michigan Medicine expert explains implications of increasing colon cancer diagnosis among young people and how this impacts the age at which you should begin getting screened for colon cancer.
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Some genetic mutations linked to breast cancer also can affect men, but in a different way. A Michigan Medicine urologist explains the connection.
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What do you do when you’re diagnosed with an ultra-rare disease? For one patient, the answer was simple: Find the experts and never give up.
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Doctor patient communication is important in understanding breast cancer recurrence. See how breast cancer patients overestimate the risk of cancer recurrence.