In her newsletter Bloom Anywhere, writer and editor Gwen Moran relates a conversation with her oncologist, who discouraged her from using the term bucket list. As a result, Moran began replacing the expression bucket list with bliss list. She...
Should people living with cancer be referred to as cancer survivors? Mary from Delafield, Wisconsin, a breast cancer survivor herself, doesn’t like the term. Nor does Indiana University professor emerita Susan Gubar, who discusses this in an...
neoadjunct adj.— «Because her breast was so engorged, Nixon had to undergo three months of what’s known as “neoadjunct” chemotherapy, which is administered prior to surgery—instead of after—to shrink large tumors.» —“No gain, no loss, only...
previvor n.— «Joan Lindner, 63, is a cancer survivor. Her daughter, by contrast, is one of a growing number of young women who call themselves previvors because they have learned early that they are genetically prone to breast cancer, and have the...
chemo brain n.— «Years after chemotherapy, some breast cancer patients have subtle memory and concentration problems often dubbed “chemo brain,” a new study shows.» —“Study Shows Brain Changes After Chemo” by Miranda Hitti FOXNews.com Oct. 5, 2006...