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Category Archives: chemotherapy
Lung cancer diagnosis offered many lessons to this research technician
BY AMBER SMITH Wanda Coombs went for her annual medical exam in January 2016. “I wasn’t even going to tell the doctor I had a cough, because in January everybody has a cough, but at the end of the appointment, … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, chemotherapy, health care, lung/pulmonary
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Softening the blow of chemotherapy
BY AMBER SMITH Some types of chemotherapy deplete bone marrow stem cells that are responsible for the body’s daily production of blood cells. That is debilitating for many patients, who may become so sick they require hospitalization. Their cancer treatment may be … Continue reading
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He specializes in cancer care; now he’s got patient experience as well
BY AMBER SMITH In the weeks before nurse practitioner Ibrahim Thabet turned 31, he took care of patients with cancer, as he has for more than eight years at Upstate. In the weeks after his birthday, he became a cancer … Continue reading
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Subtle symptoms: Her ovarian cancer required surgery and chemotherapy
BY AMBER SMITH She’s 52 and still alive, so Aimee Derbyshire feels as if she had survived a family curse. She lost a great-grandmother, grandmother, mother, aunt and sister to various cancers, each before they turned 50. Derbyshire and another sister are … Continue reading
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Tagged ovarian cancer
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Noah, a young cancer patient, thinks he’s famous
The kids and the doctors you see on Upstate Medical University banners and billboards are real kids and real doctors. Meet Noah Axtell, who is now 7. Maybe you saw him on a billboard, or on a banner hanging inside … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, chemotherapy, health care, kidney/renal/nephrology, patient story, surgery, Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital/pediatrics
Tagged childhood cancer, childhood cancer survivor, Wilms tumor
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Pint-sized patient: Glimpses of a girl who fought cancer — and won
PHOTOS BY MARANIE STAAB/TEXT BY JIM HOWE Kaylee Marshfield of Lakeland received unforgettable news on Feb. 1, 2018. It was her sixth birthday: She had cancer. A strange lump led to tests that detected a Wilms tumor on her left … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood cancer, childhood cancer survivor, Wilms tumor
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She’s beating the odds, thanks to her ‘tenderhearted’ oncologist
BY SUSAN KEETER On an August day, Kathi Tamer and her cousins were making Lebanese string cheese. The process involves kneading hot cheese curd into braids and rolling them in caraway seeds. While they cooked, they talked about oncologist Stephen Graziano, MD, … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer survivor, hanoon, non-Hodgkin lymphoma
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What cancer taught one mom: Keep things as normal as possible
BY SUSAN KEETER Levi Haddad was about to turn 4 when he went with his mother to her doctor’s appointment in November 2017. The youngster was tugging on his ears. The doctor felt a line of bumps where Levi’s neck … Continue reading
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Tagged acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), childhood cancer, pediatric cancer, T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
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