Teenage Cancer Survivor Shares That Cancer Wasn’t His Only Issue In School
By: Charmaine Santos At the young age of 10 yrs. old, Ivan Nunez was bullied for his cough and the lump in his neck. Classmates avoided him and he couldn’t make friends because they were in fear of catching his symptoms. Little did they know Ivan had a rare cancer called Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Being affected by his son’s loneliness at school, Ivan’s father, Jose, asked the teachers to intervene. In reply, teachers told him they would handle it. Ivan’s treatment started near the
Unmasking Cancer as a Consequence of Human Trafficking: A Multidisciplinary Challenge
By Barbara Moynihan, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., B.C., A.F.N., F.A.A.N., and Katherine Olive M.H.S.A., B.S.N., R.N. Cancer InCytes Magazine - Volume 3, Issue 2, Winter 2014 Managing Editor: Matt Kaku, M.S. Summary This article will focus on the development of cancer as a potential consequence of human trafficking. Various subtle sequelae of trafficking, such as the insidious development of cancer, may not be seen until well after the victim has been freed. There are a myriad of factors
“Tinder” for Cancer Trials
By: Kristine Alarcon Coping and dealing with cancer is often a difficult process, but it can be even harder to find clinical trials to help with their symptoms. Martin Naley, an employee at Life Technologies, a genetics company, realized that a large number of patients (around 85%) did not know that trials are an option or that a little more than half of clinical oncology sites cannot find the patients fit for their trials. ADVERTISEMENT: The BraceShop Store, your go-to store
