{"id":16756,"date":"2021-04-05T18:55:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T05:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/?p=16756"},"modified":"2021-05-01T11:16:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T22:16:32","slug":"cll-advocates-newsletter-issue-8-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/?p=16756","title":{"rendered":"CLL Advocates Newsletter Issue 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h1&#8243;]<b>CLL Advocates Newsletter Issue 9<\/b>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p>I and two colleagues are in the final process of submitting for publication a paper on second primary malignancies (SPM) in NZers with CLL. I have mentioned this briefly previously in my newsletter and I will let you know when the paper is published. The NZ experience of SPM in CLL has not been studied before.<\/p>\n<p>The commonest type of SPM in NZers with CLL was skin cancer in its various forms, which accounted for over 80% of SPMs. One of the bottom line messages from the study therefore was to use skin protection from the sun for prevention, and have a skin check twice a year if you have CLL.<\/p>\n<p>And reflecting on prevention and early detection, we all also need to focus on a holistic approach to health issues and healthy living, oncology patients perhaps even more so, as well as accessing treatment for our CLL \u2013 the latter potentially being a distraction from a broad approach to the way we look after ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>You will all be familiar with these lifestyle components, including the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep yourself lean, and, if you are overweight , take steps to get a healthier BMI (obesity in recent times has been shown to be a major element in risk of malignant disease)<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t smoke<\/li>\n<li>Take alcohol in moderation, if you drink it<\/li>\n<li>Exercise regularly (studies in recent times have shown extensive health benefits from exercising)<\/li>\n<li>Keep happy, and keep your stress levels down<\/li>\n<li>Eat healthily<\/li>\n<li>Lead a balanced existence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In my career as an internal medicine specialist, I have always tried to encourage patient to focus on a broad approach to their disease, not just the main active problem, and have seen how much of a difference this approach can make.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Neil Graham<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to issue 8 of the CLL Advocates newsletter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-newsletter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CLLANZ-Favicon.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16756"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16776,"href":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16756\/revisions\/16776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}