The risk for colorectal cancer in adults with cystic fibrosis is 5–10 times greater than the general population, and even higher for people with CF who receive a lung or other solid organ transplant. Find out how early screening can help reduce your risk.
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Here's what you need to know about the four CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) modulators.
Researchers are exploring treatments that will keep people with cystic fibrosis as healthy as possible until a cure is found. In the first plenary at the NACFC, two CF scientists explain the progress of current research.
By learning about the implications of all transplant-related medications and treatments before undergoing a transplant, men with cystic fibrosis can avoid some of the harmful reproductive side effects and improve their ability to have biological children post-transplant.
For those of us without a medication that targets our cystic fibrosis mutation, it's important to remember that our life with CF is a marathon.
Listening to my body -- and hearing what it has to say -- is not always what I want to do, but what I need to do.
Because transplant is such a complex process, most transplant centers require that candidates gather the necessary social support to help navigate the transplant process.