How Science Is Improving Chemotherapy
Hank Green of SciShow explains how new scientific advances in chemotherapy are seeking to make cancer treatment a tiny bit easier to bear.
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Musician Uses His Cancer CT Scans to Create a Powerful Music Video
Justin Wright created a powerful music video that uses slices of CT scans the doctors had used to determine where his cancer spread.
A Powerful Comic About Living Past a 10 Year Milestone After Being Treated for Breast Cancer in 2010
In November 2010, Megan, then fiancée (now wife) of Randall Munroe, the creator behind the wonderful webcomic xkcd, received the devastating diagnosis of stage III…
A Tunnel in Western Germany Where People Pay to Inhale Radioactive Radon to Relieve Chronic Pain
A conflicted Tom Scott talks about a tunnel in Germany where people pay to deliberately inhale radioactive radon to relieve pain.
Why Treatment for Chemo Brain Is So Incredibly Elusive
Hank Green of SciShow explains why the foggy forgetfulness of chemotherapy induced cognitive impairment aka Chemo Brain is so very difficult to identify due to…
Chadwick Boseman Shares Story About Two Boys With Terminal Cancer Who Wanted to See ‘Black Panther’
During a Black Panther cast Town Hall interview with Sirius XM, the late greatly missed Chadwick Boseman opened up about what the film meant to…
Imaginary Friend Society, A Wonderful Series of Animations to Help Kids Deal With a Cancer Diagnosis
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (“PBTF”) has created the “Imaginary Friend Society”, a wonderful series of animated films with a colorful cast of characters that…
An Ingenious 3D Printed Device That Acts Like a Sponge to Soak Up Excess Chemotherapy Side Effects
Researchers at the Balsara School at the University of California, Berkeley and Dr. Steven Hetts of the University of California, San Francisco Radiology Department, have…
How a Litter of One Eyed Sheep Born in 1953 Led to Effective Skin Cancer Treatment Decades Later
A fascinating TED-Ed lesson written by Tien Nguyen and animated by Anton Bogaty entitled “The Strange Case of the Cyclops Sheep” tells the story of…
A Tearful Seven-Year-Old Girl Joyously Meets the Man Who Donated Bone Marrow That Saved Her Life
On the day before Mother’s Day in 2015, Adriana Aviles, the four-year-old daughter of Major League Baseball player Mike Aviles, was diagnosed with leukemia. After…