Cancer, specialty centers and open enrollment

General, Patient Resources

2020 Health Insurance Open Enrollment Some will tell you fighting cancer is a full time job.  Some will tell you dealing with insurance is the part time job that goes with living with cancer.  Since we are in the window of open enrollment for 2020 which started...

Stop Asking Women When They Are Going to Have a Baby

General, Guest Blog

Stop Asking Women When They Are Going to Have a Baby Guest Blog I don’t know if it will ever go away. That sting the question brings. When’s the next one? Doesn’t she want a sister? She does. She wants someone to love and to play with but I can’t give her that. The...

Interview with Terry Arnold, Founder of The IBC Network Foundation

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Interview with Terry Arnold, Founder of The IBC Network Foundation How did the IBC Network Foundation come to be? I was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer in 2007. I was actually misdiagnosed for four months, and am very fortunate to be alive at all. After I...

Clinical Trials Explained

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Clinical Trials Explained Dr. Angela Alexander is a Clinical Studies Coordinator at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. We spoke with her recently about clinical trials. What is a clinical trial? Clinical trials are studies of new drugs/combinations done in...

When Your Spouse Shuts Down

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When Your Spouse Shuts Down A cancer diagnosis can change many of the patient’s relationships. Their parents, children, friends and colleaguess are all affected. For patients with a spouse, that is, of course, the relationship most affected. Many couples say they feel...

Telling Your Children You Have Cancer

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Telling Your Children You Have Cancer No one wants to be told they have cancer, and no one wants to have to tell their loved ones that they have cancer. There’s no easy way or time to to say it to anyone; but we have heard from many women with breast cancer that the...