Flu Shots and COVID-19 Vaccine Booster: What Cancer Patients Need to Know
And just like that, flu season is here again, and so are the reminders for annual influenza (flu) vaccine. However, this year, the calls for flu vaccines are stifled amongst talk of COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. It can be a little overwhelming, so National Foundation for Cancer Research is breaking it…...
Don’t Delay: Skipping One Mammogram Can Significantly Increase Risk of Death from Breast Cancer
One mammogram every two years doesn’t sound so bad – but what happens if a woman skips one? A recent study warns that missing just one mammogram before being diagnosed with cancer significantly increases a woman’s probability of dying from the disease. The Importance of Mammograms Mammograms allow medical professionals to examine…...
How Long Can the Immunity Against COVID-19 Protect Us from Reinfection?
There has been major concern about the protective power of immunity against the novel coronavirus. Many people have asked: how long can the immunity, once acquired by the previous infection or vaccination, protect us from the COVID-19 reinfection? In February of 2021, a group of researchers reported that the immunity…...
3 Things to Know Before Getting the Covid-19 Vaccine
The nationwide Covid-19 vaccine rollout has vaccinated millions of people, which helps to significantly reduce the number of new cases and protect the people of high risk, including cancer patients, from being infected. A fast vaccination will push the country entering the stage of herd immunity, namely enough population in…...
Cancer Research Applied to Develop COVID-19 Treatment Strategies
New publication by NFCR-supported scientist Rakesh Jain, Ph.D., applies cancer research findings to help COVID-19 treatment in different patient groups. Few drugs for COVID-19 appear to work well in unselected patients, but now a new mathematical model provides insight into which patients benefit from which treatments. Researchers and investigators, including…...
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