University of Chicago Medicine specialists strive to enable people with cancer to lead active, normal lives. One Northwest Indiana patient, monitored for neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), takes medication to slow tumor growth while she works, travels and goes canoeing.
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CAR T-cell therapy can be difficult for older patients, but it can also send their cancer into remission. One 72-year-old South Side woman shared her story of receiving CAR T-cell therapy at UChicago Medicine. While it wasn't an easy journey, she's now cancer-free.
Pediatric hematologist/oncologist Tara Henderson, MD, MPH, shares research findings and discusses implications for managing long-term health risks in childhood cancer survivors.
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