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September 15, 2009 in For Patients, For Supporters with 0 Comments

The R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation is always on the lookout for organizations or publications that can help patients and their supporters. We have four to share with you.

  • fertileHOPE is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to providing reproductive information, support and hope to cancer patients and survivors whose medical treatments present the risk of infertility Continue Reading…

Multidisciplinary second opinion centers

March 2, 2009 in 2nd Opinions, Featured, For Patients with 0 Comments

Many cancer patients are dying, not because treatments are not available, but because the initial physician failed to offer the best possible treatment. Cancer is an unusual disease for many reasons – if you don’t treat it properly the first time, often there is no second chance because cancer grows geometrically. Continue Reading…

Patient’s checklist

February 14, 2009 in For Patients with 0 Comments

fighting-cancer

CLICK HERE to open the book in a new window or read it below — Chapter 14 “Check List”… Continue Reading…

Accessing treatment information – PDQ

February 5, 2009 in For Patients with 0 Comments

Cancer is the most curable of all chronic diseases!
There is no type of cancer for which there is no treatment!
There is no cancer from which someone has not been cured.

But…cancer is an extremely complex disease.  There are over 200 different kinds of cancer.  Each one is treated in its own particular way Continue Reading…

Questions to ask your doctors

February 5, 2009 in For Patients with 1 Comment

The more involved you are the better care you will receive. You can also ask important questions of your caregivers, family and friends to help determine the roles they can best fill for you throughout your cancer journey. Continue Reading…

Self help exercises

February 5, 2009 in For Patients with 0 Comments

An American Health Magazine article states,

How you feel about yourself affects your physical well-being. Researchers now recognize that a sense of purpose, a positive outlook and the feeling of being in control of one’s life may help prevent illness, from cancer to the common cold. Continue Reading…

Reducing medical errors in cancer

February 3, 2009 in 2nd Opinions, For Patients with 0 Comments

On May 7, 2001 on ABC National News Peter Jennings stated, “In cancer, a second opinion should be more than just an option.” The following evening his report went in depth reviewing the study at Johns-Hopkins about the alarming figures of individuals treated with surgery or radiation for prostate cancer who did not have any cancer and that one in 5 cases of all cancers wrongly diagnosed Continue Reading…

Get a second opinion for prompt proper and thorough treatment

February 3, 2009 in 2nd Opinions, For Patients, Support, Virtual Tours with 0 Comments

The talk around the cancer community today is all about the pharmacist who diluted chemotherapy drugs and the people who suffered and died as a result. It was such a deceitful action with such horrid effects that it is difficult to contemplate. It is hard to imagine a man with ten million dollars even dreaming of committing such a dastardly act. Continue Reading…

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