Author: Reyna Baker

Español It was 2017, and Jurline Redeaux was having a good year. She was 65 years old and thriving, enjoying her work as a social worker for Los Angeles County and the financial stability it gave her. Then one day Redeaux noticed what looked like period blood and, because she is postmenopausal, decided to get the bleeding checked out right away. Soon after, she was diagnosed with endometrial cancer, which is cancer that starts in the lining of the uterus. It’s the most common gynecologic cancer, affecting 50,000 women in the United States every year. “I had finally gotten my…

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Andrea Apolo, M.D., hizo la revisión médica de este documento + Infographic text Casi 20,000 mujeres en Estados Unidos recibirán diagnósticos de cáncer de vejiga en 2023. El cáncer de vejiga urotelial (UBC , por sus siglas en inglés) es, de largo, el tipo más frecuente de cáncer de vejiga y puede afectar muchos aspectos de tu vida. Aproximadamente 8 de cada 10 personas sobreviven el cáncer de vejiga durante al menos cinco años. La salud mental El tratamiento para el cáncer de vejiga puede incluir cirugías que te dejan con poco o nada de control de la vejiga y…

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