Stage 4 cancer survival rates: what they can and cannot tell you
What stage 4 survival statistics actually measure, why they differ so much by cancer type, and why they cannot forecast one person's outcome.
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Cancer, explained in plain language. One idea at a time, in the words you will actually hear.
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Living with treatment
Exemestane Side Effects: Relief and What Sets It Apart
How exemestane (Aromasin) differs from the other aromatase inhibitors, the side effects most people experience, the bone and joint effects that need monitoring, why the food rule matters, and what to ask your team. For people taking exemestane for breast cancer.
Cancer 101
What the words on your diagnosis mean, how cancer is staged, and how clinical trials work. Written to be read on a hard day.
PET scan vs CT scan: what each one shows, and why you might need both
How a PET scan and a CT scan differ, what each is used for in cancer care, what happens at the appointment, and what the results can and cannot tell you.
Cancer Clinical Trials Explained: Should You Participate? (Part 2)
Cancer clinical trials, the decision: eligibility, consent, what to ask, and what to do if you don't qualify for any trial.
Cancer Clinical Trials Explained: Should You Participate? (Part 1)
Cancer clinical trials, the basics: phases, common myths, types of trials, and how participation fits into modern cancer care.
Diagnosis
Pathology reports, staging, scans and molecular testing, explained in plain words. What the numbers describe, and what they do not.
What Is DCIS? Why Stage 0 Breast Cancer Sounds Worse Than It Is
What is DCIS? Stage 0 breast cancer explained: what in situ means, 20-year outcomes, the risk of it becoming invasive, treatment choices, and active monitoring.
What is a pathology report? How to read yours, section by section
What a pathology report is, what each section means, the terms people most often misread, and what the report can and cannot tell you about your case.
Treatments
How treatments are chosen, what to expect from each, and the questions worth asking before a plan is settled.
Lumpectomy or Mastectomy? How to Decide What’s Right for You
For early-stage breast cancer, survival after lumpectomy with radiation matches mastectomy. Here is how recovery, monitoring, and eligibility differ.
Understanding Cancer Treatments: Immunotherapy vs Chemotherapy
How chemotherapy and immunotherapy work, why their side effects differ so much, who each suits, and why many plans now include both.
5 Questions Every Cancer Patient Should Ask Their Oncologist
Essential questions to ask your oncologist about diagnosis, treatment options, side effects, and prognosis. Get the information you need to make decisions.
Living with treatment
Side effects, what is normal, what to report to your care team, and how to keep some of your life while you are in treatment.
Exemestane Side Effects: Relief and What Sets It Apart
Exemestane (Aromasin) side effects: joint pain, hot flashes, bone loss, why you take it after food, and how it differs from letrozole and anastrozole.
Taxol Side Effects: Why Nerve Symptoms Take Top Priority
Taxol (paclitaxel) side effects: hair loss, aches, low blood counts, and the nerve damage that can last. What helps, what doesn't, and when to call your team.
Tagrisso Side Effects: What to Expect and How to Stay Comfortable
Tagrisso's rash, diarrhea, and nail changes are common and treatable. Learn what helps, which drug interactions matter, and the lung symptoms to report fast.
What Is a PICC Line? How It Works, Daily Care, and What to Watch For
How a PICC line works, what placement and removal feel like, showering and daily care, the real risks, and the warning signs that need a same-day call.
Lupron side effects: what to expect on hormone therapy
Lupron side effects, why the first two weeks differ, the silent changes to bone and metabolism, and the treatments with real evidence behind them.
Methotrexate side effects: low dose and high dose explained
Methotrexate side effects by dose: weekly tablets versus hospital infusions, the interactions that matter, and the once-weekly dosing error to avoid.
Letrozole side effects: what's common, when it eases, and what helps
Letrozole side effects: joint pain and bone loss, when they start and settle, which treatments have real trial evidence, and what to ask your team.
Tamoxifen side effects: what's common, what's rare, and when to call
Tamoxifen side effects: what's common, how long it lasts, the rarer risks worth knowing, and the symptoms that need a same-day call to your team.
News
What journalists and clinicians have written about the company and the work. Each link opens the original.
- Mayo Clinic Platform Accelerate announces inaugural participants of its new multiyear pathway programOur selection for the inaugural cohort of Mayo Clinic Platform Accelerate’s multiyear Pathway program.
- Should You Trust AI to Treat Your Cancer?A close look at how patients actually use the platform, including people advocating for themselves far from a major cancer centre.
- This Khosla Ventures-backed startup is using AI to personalize cancer careOur emergence from stealth, and the case for scaling the expertise of the best oncologists.
- Wilson Sonsini Advises Radical Health on $5 Million Pre-Seed FundingThe pre-seed round that took us out of stealth.
- Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate announces latest cohort of AI startupsOur selection for the Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate cohort.