Celebrating a Cancer-versary

Wedding anniversaries, birthdays, remembering the day you first did something special… these anniversaries are annual reminders of special dates, cherished memories, or proud accomplishments. However, for people with cancer, there are dates they might want to forget-getting a diagnosis, experiencing a first treatment, or getting bad news. In this blog, Carolyn Vachani, RN, MSN, discusses her own “cancerversary” and how she faces the annual reminder...

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Dress In Blue Day for Colon Cancer Awareness

This blog post was written by the Colon Cancer Alliance. The Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA) is a community that provides hope and support to patients and their families, while saving lives through screening, access, awareness, advocacy and research.Why should you wear blue? That’s the question the Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA) wants communities, businesses and individuals across the country (and even the world) to answer during its 5th annual Dress in...

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Healthiest Things to Eat to Prevent Lung Cancer

February is Cancer Prevention Awareness Month. Here at the Abramson Cancer Center, we are committed to providing outstanding comprehensive cancer care and cancer information including ways to prevent cancer. Further, cancer researchers at Penn are at the forefront of learning new ways to prevent and detect cancer. In this article, dietitian Carly Roop, RD, discusses foods that can lower your risk of lung cancer. Carly is a registered dietitian at...

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Get Answers to Your Questions about Pancreatic Cancer

Jeffery Drebin, MDOn Wednesday, February 27, from 4 to 6 pm, Penn Medicine's pancreatic cancer experts will be answering your questions about pancreatic cancer and pancreatic cancer treatment and research. Submit your questions to Penn Medicine's James Metz, assistant professor of radiation oncology, and Jeffery Drebin, the John Rhea Barton Professor of Surgery, and chairman of surgery at Penn.They will be conducting an online video chat this Wednesday,...

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Help Prevent Cancer With These Lifestyle Modifications

Some risk factors for cancer are modifiable, meaning they are things you can change. Modifiable risks for cancer include smoking and using tobacco products, being obese or overweight, not eating a healthy diet or using a tanning bed. Some risk factors for cancer you cannot change, such as your family history; these are called unmodifiable risk factors. Some risk factors increase the likelihood of one type of cancer, while others can increase the...

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Create Your Personal Emergency Kit

 What if something happened to you tomorrow? Would your loved ones know where you keep your important papers, information about accounts, how to access your phone?Join Oncolink TODAY at Noon ET for a webchat about planning for the unexpected.There is more to consider than just the legal aspects of getting your affairs in order.Get prepared! You never know when you or your family may need it.Register for this OncoLink webchat here. ...

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Cancer-fighting Foods: Roasted Cauliflower Curry Soup

The evidence is clear that maintaining a diet high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes/beans plays a large role in cancer prevention. Unfortunately, on cold January days a salad or a homemade smoothie can seem less than appealing, which is why I propose making your own soup. One cup of soup can provide 1 to 2 servings of cancer-fighting vegetables that can help you warm up from the cold and fill up, which helps to prevent overeating and...

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How A Colonoscopy Can Save Your Life

February is Cancer Prevention Awareness Month. Here at the Abramson Cancer Center, we are committed to providing outstanding comprehensive cancer care and cancer information including ways to prevent cancer. Further, cancer researchers at Penn are at the forefront of learning new ways to prevent and detect cancer. In this article, we discuss colonoscopy, and how a colonoscopy can actually prevent cancer. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the...

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Exercise and the Prevention of Chronic Disease, Cancer

February is Cancer Prevention Awareness Month. Here at the Abramson Cancer Center, we are committed to providing outstanding comprehensive cancer care and cancer information including ways to prevent cancer. Further, cancer researchers at Penn are at the forefront of learning new ways to prevent and detect cancer. Exercise and maintaining a healthy weight is one way a person can decrease their risk of cancer and aid in the prevention of chronic...

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Yoga for Patients with Cancer

As a patient undergoing proton therapy for prostate cancer I have found the Yoga program to be most beneficial during my treatment process. Yoga with Tali has been an invigorating and helpful experience. Tali’s individual attention to individual medical and physical issues is most welcomed and appreciated. Her knowledge and sensitivity in providing the best of Yoga’s exercises, breathing techniques and meditation skills is evident. For men in the...

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Schedule Your Mammogram at Penn Medicine

February is Cancer Prevention Awareness Month. Here at the Abramson Cancer Center, we are committed to providing outstanding comprehensive cancer care and cancer information including ways to prevent cancer. Further, cancer researchers at Penn are at the forefront of learning new ways to prevent and detect cancer. In this article, we discuss mammograms. And how a new type of mammogram offered at Penn may improve accuracy. The mammogram remains the...

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Valentine's Day Chocolate Recipe

Valentine’s Day is known for gifts of flowers and a box of chocolates. If you are like so many on Valentine's Day, you are thinking about a special dinner and a special Valentine's Day Chocolate Recipe.The cocoa bean itself contains minerals, vitamins and powerful antioxidants.In fact, the cocoa bean has more antioxidants than green tea, black tea and blueberries. Here is the catch. Most cocoa powers are overly processed and have lost much of the...

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Know how Knowing Your BRCA Status May Help Prevent Cancer

February is Cancer Prevention Awareness Month. Here at the Abramson Cancer Center, we are committed to providing outstanding comprehensive cancer care and cancer information including ways to prevent cancer. Further, cancer researchers at Penn are at the forefront of learning new ways to prevent and detect cancer. In this article, we discuss breast cancer, mutation of genes, specifically, the BRCA mutation, and how knowing your own BRCA status could...

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