Cancer Diary: The Double-Edge Sword of Good and Harm from Cancer Treatments



Anew study from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has revealed a major side effect of the oral medication alpelisib that is prescribed to breast cancer patients.

Read about what the findings were HERE.

Sheesh! It is so disappointing -- and frustrating -- to have to deal with the side-effects of the only drugs that can save your life. We went through that a little with Carl's Cancer of Uknown Primary. He did not last long enough to have many side effects. But many, many people do! Fingers crossed for new drugs that are free of bad side effects.


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Blog editor's note: As a memorial to Carl, and simply because it is truly needed, MSI Press is now hosting a web page, Carl's Cancer Compendium, as a one-stop starting point for all things cancer, to make it easier for those with cancer to find answers to questions that can otherwise take hours to track down on the Internet and/or from professionals. The CCC is expanded and updated weekly. As part of this effort, each week, on Monday, this blog will carry an informative, cancer-related story -- and be open to guest posts: Cancer Diary. 

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