After going through 14 rounds of chemotherapy to treat triple-negative breast cancer, I made a list of nine items I’m happy I had with me in the chemo chair. I celebrated my 29th birthday just weeks ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I write you from the infusion room at a community hospital. I’m here not as ...

Also called an implanted port, port-a-cath or medi-port, a chemo port has two parts: the port and the catheter. The port is a quarter-sized plastic or metal disc. (If you have the metal kind, don’t ...

A chemotherapy (chemo) port is a small device implanted just under the skin in the chest. It’s usually placed on the right side, near a major vein called the vena cava, and is used to administer ...

This is part 1 of a 3-part series. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. In late June, Peter Guerrieri received a delivery at his row home in Marcus Hook, a small town 30 minutes outside of Philadelphia.

As the saying goes, “Hindsight is 20/20.” When I finished chemo in February 2011, I knew a lot more than when I walked in for my first infusion 4 months earlier. I had learned things about myself and ...

PERHAM, Minn. (Valley News Live) - People in lakes country in need of chemotherapy infusion now have an option that’s a little more convenient. Sanford Health’s Roger Maris Cancer Center has opened a ...

MILFORD AND THE PORT AWAITING MEDICINE ON HER CHEST. THOSE ARE TELLS OF THE FIGHT. CARLY SOUTH IS IN, OTHERWISE GIVEN HER ATTITUDE, HER DEMAND TO DO BURPEES ARMS UP. YOU’D NEVER THINK CANCER IS GOING ...

VALLEY CITY, N.D. — The memory of a life-long Valley City resident is living on in a first-of-its-kind chemo infusion center in the city. Debbie Gabel bravely battled ovarian cancer and had to travel ...

Carly Fauth, right, and her brother Chris Nyland host the Spotify podcast "Chemo Coffee Talk" while Fauth undergoes infusion treatment at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center at Milford Regional Medical ...