Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in People with Cancer
About 1 in 5 will get PTSD after a diagnosis.
Category: Cancer
Early Signs of Ovarian Cancer, and How to Help Reduce Your Risk
You can’t screen for it, and signs and symptoms are often subtle
The Gift of Sophie
Sophie Steiner, 15, lying in bed on the fifth floor of UNC Children’s Hospital, asked her parents for one last thing. None of them had any idea this one last thing would transform cancer support services for teens and young adults at the UNC Medical Center. But her request has done just that. Sophie had…
Cancer Patient Navigator: A Friend, Expert and Advocate
How patient navigators help you through every step of your cancer fight
Paying a Hefty Price for a Killer Tan
For one woman, a tanning bed habit in youth resulted in melanoma and eye cancer later in life
‘Tumor Boards’ Bring Many Experts to One Patient
Physicians meet at cancer conferences to strategize the best care for complex cancer cases.
Cancer Clinical Trials Don’t Have to Be a Last Resort
Learn how you can play a more active role in your treatment and help other patients, too.
Expert Help for Patients at Risk of Kidney Cancer
UNC’s von Hippel-Lindau Comprehensive Clinical Care Center treats familial syndromes with predispositions of kidney cancer.
Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Outcomes Are About More Than Bi...
Why are black women's and white women's breast cancer outcomes so different? UNC researchers set out to find out.
How Mohs Surgery Is Changing the Way Skin Cancer Is Treated
Mohs surgery can treat basal cell, squamous cell and melanomas
Meet Your Cancer Care Team
This support system of health professionals will help you every step of the way.