Prophylactic use of antibiotic Rx's for transplant recipients before and after dental work is a common practice. What is your experience?
Do you premedicate prior to dental visits? Since my first liver transplant back in 1993, I have taken the same dose of amoxicillin – four...
It’s not uncommon for those with cancer to be placed on an extensive medication regimen. Here is a guide to educate people on how to safely simplify this often complicated process provided by SingleCare. The guide offers practical advice on:
How to accurately read medication labels
Ways...
article 7/31/2017:
Scientists create a catalog of cancer's weaknesses
Scientists have created a new catalog of the genetic vulnerabilities of cancer cells to accelerate research on how to target those genes to combat cancer. Researchers from the Broad Institute and Dana-Farber conducted...
This often asked question and common concern deserves some attention. Does this issue concern you? If so, what effect does it hve on your daily life?
The following 1 minute video provided by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) provides some scientific insight on the...
Post-transplant cancers are most often caused by our immunosuppressant medications that protect our transplanted organ from rejection. Which of those meds are you taking and what has been your cancer experience as related to how long you were taking those meds? If they switched you...
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If you have had cancer post transplant, how was it discovered - what type of cancer - discovered by who - what symptoms, if any - found by by you, a doctor or ??
Have you had any diagnosed cancers after your organ transplant? If so, what kind of cancer and what kind of organ transplant? How many years after the transplant did that get diagnosed?
