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Videoconferencing, an impetus to Pediatric Oncology

...uch as the role of second surgery, alternatives to radiation therapy for certain tumors, the evolution of radiation therapy techniques, and the benefit of external pathology review for cases where the diagnosis is di...

Mobile use increases risk of infertility in men

...hown that close and heavy exposure to this type of radiation harms sperms. However, this had not been proved in human so far. "On the face of it, the findings seem pretty robust, but I can only assume that mobile phone use is some kind of surrogate for something else," said Allan Pacey, a senior lecturer in ...

Race Affects African-American Survival of Breast Cancer

...endy Woodward, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of radiation oncology at M. D. Anderson. "It's important to identify unique features in different populations and subgroups of all women with breast cancer so we can understand a woman's risk and factors that affect her care on an individual level." African-Ame...

Risk of Suicide in Cancer Patients

... pattern in the general population. Dr. Kendal, a radiation oncologist at the Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre, pointed out that the risk of suicide varied according to a number of factors, such as prognosis, gender, the stage of the disease, the type of cancer and the patient's family situation. Dr. K...

Cancer patient Dies of Massive Radiation Overdose

... hospital, which has administered more than 29,000 radiation treatments in the past 20 years. Following a seri...ltants were forced to reveal the news that at each radiation treatment she had been given 65 per cent more radiation than she should have been. She and her pare...

Childhood Cancer Survivors May Suffer Health Problems in Adulthood

...r studies in the 1970s and 1980s showed that brain radiation used to treat children with leukemia damaged the c...ical practice, as physicians eliminated or reduced radiation doses to the head during treatment for childhood leukemia. Because of such studies on treatment eff...

Exercise alleviates Anemia in Breast cancer patients

...e beneficial for breast cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment.// This study was published in the Nov...ts and maintenance of red blood cells level during radiation treatment. On the other hand, obvious decrease in oxygen capacity was observed in women who did not ...

Dana-Farber Offers Online Resources for Breast Cancer Patients and Families

...stics, disease staging, surgery, hormonal therapy, radiation therapy, quality of life issues, and prevention; * Personal stories from breast cancer patients, survivors and their families; and * A link to the Family Connections Web site, a comprehensive online resource that includes topics of concern to most...

Simi Valley Nuclear Meltdown Effects Greater than Suspected

...een reported to have released about 300 times more radiation than the infamous// Three Mile Island accident acc... before this has found that lab workers exposed to radiation and certain rocket engine test chemicals had higher cancer death rates. The field lab is situated o...

"New" Clear Advantages In Nuclear Medicine

...among the public. Most people blindly believe that radiation is hazardous says Baltimore's radiation terror expert and co-author of "Understanding Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism as Public Health Th...

Thermal Imaging Shatters Arousal Gender Gap Myth

...ed imaging using thermographic cameras that detect radiation emitted by objects based on their temperature. Because of its usefulness in detecting warm objects in the dark, most people know it as the technology used in night vision goggles for military operations. Previously, sex researchers have measured ar...

Long-Term Outcomes for Prostate Cancer Show IMRT Curative

...cancer treated with high-dose, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) show that the majority // of patien...oup developed secondary cancers as a result of the radiation therapy. This report, published in the October 2006 issue of The Journal of Urology, is the first de...

Cancer Hope Network, ASTRO Partner to Raise Awareness of Cancer Survivorship

...ncer programs. “Patients with cancer who receive radiation as part of their treatment typically receive radiation over a course of four to eight weeks. This ensures that doctors give enough radiation to kill the ca...

16 Common Myths About Breast Cancer

...ous and will burn my heart, ribs and lungs.Current radiation techniques are safe and effective for treating breast cancer, with few complications. Methods used today minimize exposure to the heart, ribs and lungs. Women may experience a darkening of the skin during the course of treatment or a sunburn-like red...

Post-Operative Pain in Breast Cancer Surgery

...r triggers exist as well: scarring, post-operative radiation therapy, some chemotherapy drugs, and the unusual sensations often associated with phantom pain. Pain is a difficult topic for people with cancer, Dworkin said."For some individuals acknowledging pain can be frightening because they think it might ...

Bladder Cancer Has Worse Outcomes In Blacks

...r. Black patients were also more likely to receive radiation therapy along with surgery. In addition, the researchers found black patients tended to have more aggressive tumors. Most notably, the majority of black women had aggressive tumors. From 1992-1999, black women were 15 percent more likely than white ...

Insight Into Tanning Process Suggests Novel Way to Prevent Skin Cancer

...ave theorized that tanning occurs when ultraviolet radiation strikes the nuclei of melanocytes, causing DNA dam... of change on the cell surface shouldn’t impede UV radiation from reaching the melanocyte’s DNA." If Fisher's results were correct, the traditional picture of ...

Is Radiation or Chemoradiation Best for Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients

... chewing, and swallowing -- are often treated with radiation alone or with chemoradiation. The addition of chem...nd December 2004. Only patients who received their radiation treatment at this institution were included. Charts were reviewed for demographic features, staging ...

Changes in Solar Brightness Too Weak to Explain Global Warming

... climate from cosmic rays or the Sun's ultraviolet radiation cannot be excluded, say the authors. However, these influences cannot be confirmed, they add, because physical models for such effects are still too poorly developed. Source-Newswise SM...

Do You Know the Signs and Symptoms of Prostate Cancer?

...ter their diagnosis,” said Thomas Eichler, M.D., a radiation oncologist at CJW Medical Center in Richmond, Va., and Chair of the ASTRO Communications Committee. “This disease is absolutely curable if caught early so men over age 50 should plan on getting tested regularly. It’s also important for women to encou...

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