Important news for men receiving treatment for prostate cancer: Two new studies from the University of Virginia School of Medicine have upended the widely held view that it's best to delay radiation treatment as long as possible ...
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Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have discovered salivary glands in a previously unknown location. This is potentially great news for patients with head and neck tumors: Radiation oncologists will now be able ...
Oct 16, 2020
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Remember the game Operation? You need to carefully remove the body part without nicking the sides or the buzzer will sound.
May 11, 2016
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My oncologist has one of those little motivational prints hanging on his waiting room wall, with the simple statement: "trust your instincts." One day, bored with the long purgatory of the waiting room, I tweet this news ...
Aug 4, 2022
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With Alex Trebek's recent announcement that his pancreatic cancer is in remission, many people have wondered if this difficult cancer is now easier to treat. Pancreatic cancer remains a major cancer killer, but advances are ...
May 31, 2019
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Physicians at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center are the first to perform a unique procedure to treat a rare and persistent type of ovarian cancer.
Sep 19, 2017
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Radiation therapy is, along with chemotherapy and surgery, one of the three main components of cancer treatment. It is often misunderstood and carries negative connotations.
Mar 15, 2019
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Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma who underwent a procedure called sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNLB) had a lower risk of cancer recurrence after two years, according to a study by researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center. ...
Oct 3, 2011
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In my favorite childhood photo, I'm sitting in a big laundry basket in a pile of lab mix puppies. They're licking my face, pulling on my curls and I'm laughing with absolute joy. Dogs are good at teaching us to live in the ...
Sep 8, 2016
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Faster isn't always better, but in the case of radiation therapy for some cancers, accelerating radiation courses can help patients get on the road to recovery sooner.
Feb 16, 2018
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