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Mashup Score: 41Returning to work after cancer | Support and resources - 5 day(s) ago
If you are thinking about going back to work after cancer treatment, we have information about how to manage the transition and getting employer support.
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Mashup Score: 4
The combination of trastuzumab and pertuzumab (HP) as part of a taxane-based regimen has shown benefit in the adjuvant and metastatic HER2+ breast cancer setting. In the CLEOPATRA trial, pruritus was reported in 11-17.6% of patients. The clinical phenotype …
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Mashup Score: 21Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Educational Video for CAR T-Cell Therapy Recipients - 17 day(s) ago
Background: CAR T-cell therapy has transformed the treatment of hematologic malignancies, but it is complex and challenging to convey to patients. Educational video interventions are efficacious for improving patient knowledge about cancer therapeutics and informing their care preferences, yet no educational videos have been evaluated in CAR T-cell therapy. Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing an educational video versus usual care in adults (age ≥18 years) with hematologic malignancies receiving CAR T-cell therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital. Intervention participants watched a 13-minute video depicting how CAR T-cell therapy works, logistics, toxicities, prognosis, recovery, and approaches for dealing with prognostic uncertainty. The primary outcome was feasibility (≥60% enrollment rate). Secondary outcomes included acceptability (≥80% reporting comfort with the video), patients’ knowledge about CAR T-cell therapy (10-item test), and self-efficacy (Comm
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Mashup Score: 5Hot Topics, Challenges & Opportunities in Cancer & Palliative Care Psychology | BPS - 1 month(s) ago
Drop in to a day of bize-size 20 minute update sessions on a range of topics across cancer and palliative care psychology.
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Mashup Score: 12Fill | Macmillan Best Practice Webinar: Sex and Cancer - 2 month(s) ago
Please fill out the form below to register for the Sex and Cancer Webinar. We will send you a link to join 48 hours prior to the start. This webinar is sponsored by Lovehoney.
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Mashup Score: 4Why women's health matters and how we can do better - 2 month(s) ago
Read the first blog from our International Women’s Day series exploring issues in women’s health and what this means for cancer.
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Mashup Score: 0
The quality statement describes what good quality palliative and end of life care services should look like.
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Mashup Score: 0Research portfolio - 2 month(s) ago
Our research portfolio spans a range of methodologies and types of research.
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Mashup Score: 34Will cancer ever be cured? - 4 month(s) ago
As we continue to look at what Macmillan’s place will be in health and cancer care in the future, Dr Richard Simcock explores one of the biggest questions of all.
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Mashup Score: 11World Cancer Day Event - 'Let's Talk About Black People and Cancer' - 4 month(s) ago
Join us on February 3, 2024, at 9:30 AM to have an open conversation about black people and cancer – let’s talk, share, and learn together!
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Returning to work after cancer treatment can be daunting whatever your job 👑 At @macmillancancer we have resources and advice to help manage the transition. https://t.co/oldhPsmE6J