Treatment Guidelines for Patients is a new booklet available from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. The guide discusses the causes of cancer pain, obstacles to pain relief, questions patients should ask their doctor, pain assessment tools, and cancer pain treatment. The International Myeloma Foundation will hold a Los Angeles Community Workshop on June 9th.
Admission is free.
If your family has a specific medical need to bank your child's cord blood for use by a sibling, Children's Hospital Oakland's Sibling Cord Blood Program can help. Funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, this program facilitates the collection and transport of cord blood from any area of the United States at no charge to the family. For more information click here. In the message section write subscribe cancer-neuropathy, and then your first and last name. It includes a drug list, drug companies, and information about drugs, including possible interactions.