Clearity’s Perspective: As this article highlights, it is important to know that you can bring up questions or concerns related to your prognosis with someone on your care team. Instead of waiting for the doctor to bring this topic up, … Read more
Danielle Peterson, Clearity’s Director of Education, talks with End-of-Life Doula, Vanessa Johnson, about planning for end-of-life, considerations for a ‘good death,’ and how she compassionately meets individuals and families at the end of life.
Danielle: Vanessa Johnston, thank you … Read more
by Barbra Williams Cosentino
If your doctor said, “I’m very sorry, but your cancer is terminal,” you’d obviously be devastated. What if she then added, “The prognosis is that you have about six months left, but with treatments we can … Read more
by Stephen “Fred” Divers, MD, Chief Medical Officer & Julia Frydman, MD, Medical Director for Palliative Care
“I wish we had done this sooner.” This is something that we hear a lot from our patients and their families when they … Read more
by Roman Fabbricatore
Fertility and sexual health services appear to be offered to cancer survivors less often than other services at CoC-accredited practices.
Enforcing survivorship standards may help centers provide services to address the needs of cancer survivors, according to … Read more
By Sharon Worcester, MA
CHICAGO — Carlos, a 21-year-old, lay in a hospital bed, barely clinging to life. Following a stem cell transplant for leukemia, Carlos had developed a life-threatening case of graft-vs-host disease.
But Carlos’ mother had faith.
“I … Read more
Clearity’s Perspective: This article highlights that some people with ovarian cancer who live in certain geographic locations, like rural areas, may get treated at centers with less experience treating ovarian cancer and/or fewer resources to support whole-person needs. Clearity offers … Read more
Clearity’s Perspective: Clearity knows that making decisions about continuing treatment when facing advanced ovarian cancer is complicated. Given the difficulty of these decisions, this article suggests having goals-of-care conversations with your medical providers when deciding whether or not to continue … Read more
Clearity offers emotional support to individuals with ovarian cancer through our Steps Through OC program. If you would like personal one-to-one assistance with the stress and challenges associated with an ovarian cancer diagnosis, our team of OC Counselors may be … Read more
by Edward Winstead
This story has an accompanying Q&A with Dr. Gwendolyn Quinn, Ph.D., of the New York University Perlmutter Cancer Center, on some of the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ people with cancer and ways to address them.
After surgery … Read more
Clearity’s Perspective: This article highlights the importance of learning ways to cope with and manage stress after an ovarian cancer diagnosis. The study, performed only on mice, suggests that there may be a link between overproduction of stress hormones and … Read more
In small trial, half had early remission of depressive symptoms after psilocybin-assisted therapy
By Diana Swift
Psilocybin-assisted therapy in a group setting was safe and appeared effective in patients with cancer and depression, according to a small, phase II, open‐label trial.
After one dose of psilocybin among 30 patients, depression severity scores dropped … Read more
By Edward Winstead
For people being treated for cancer, participating in virtual mind–body fitness classes may have important benefits, such as reducing the risk of being hospitalized for treatment-related problems, according to results from a clinical trial.
In the trial, … Read more
Research has shown mindful meditation can reduce stress, relieve pain.
Clearity offers psychosocial support to caregivers through our Steps Through OC program. If you would like personal one-to-one assistance with the stress and challenges associated with caring for a loved one with an ovarian cancer diagnosis, our team of OC … Read more
Clearity offers emotional support to people with ovarian cancer and their caregivers through our Steps Through OC program. If you would like personal, one-to-one assistance with the stress and challenges associated with life with ovarian cancer, our team of OC … Read more
By Mary Caffrey
Delayed diagnoses. Symptoms that are dismissed or misinterpreted. Feelings of anxiety because no one can offer a clear explanation for their condition.
These are just some of the experiences of women who have low-grade serous ovarian cancer … Read more
By Sharon Reynolds
Clearity offers psychosocial support to caregivers through our Steps Through OC program. If you would like personal one-to-one assistance with the stress and challenges associated with caring for a loved one with an ovarian cancer diagnosis, our … Read more
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Clearity offers psychosocial support through our Steps Through OC program for patients, survivors and caregivers. If you would like personal one-to-one assistance with the stress and challenges associated with an ovarian cancer diagnosis, our team of OC Counselors can help … Read more
The prevalence of distress among women with late-stage gynecologic cancers calls for well-designed studies to assess the safety and efficacy of psychedelics for this patient population, according to authors of a published commentary.
Psychedelics — specifically psilocybin — have shown … Read more
