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Things to Know About Radiation Therapy
Website for Senior Care and Information | October 9th 2008 by Ladolceliving
Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) is a cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and stop them from spreading. To read the entire article, click on the link below: http://www.ladolceliving.com/medical-conditi read more
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Healthy Articles | October 3rd 2008 by kanrich
Growth hormone is generally secreted in response to sleep, exercise, and hypoglycemia and encourages growth and metabolic function. It is likely that GHD affects 1 in every 4,000 school-age children. Growth hormone (GH) deficiency is a disorder that read more
Radiation Therapy
Nerdy Science Blog | September 23rd 2008 by Wong Teck Jung
Radiation therapy (also called x-ray therapy, irradiation, radiotherapy) is the use of ionizing radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors (to relieve symptoms). It destroys cells in the targeted area by damaging their genetic material. The rad read more
Glioma Detailed Information
All About your Life | September 20th 2008 by joom
A brain glioma can cause headaches, nausea and vomiting, seizures, and cranial nerve disorders as a result of augmented intracranial pressure. A Glioma is a form of cancer that begins in the brain or spine. It is called a glioma because it occurs fr read more
Chemo”therapy”? My Ass…
My Lymphoma Story | September 15th 2008 by Brandi
LOOK! LOTS OF PICTURES! Ok, so wow. It’s been a long 12 days since I’ve posted. Has it really been that long? Yup. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make this an extremely long post, but I will cover as much as I can as read more
Does Alternative Medicine For Cancer Help?
Aging Process Discussion - A Blog | September 15th 2008 by Robert Knechtel
Modern medicine relies heavily on surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy in treating cancer.. For all of us who have gopne through these devastating treatments, we all look for alternative ways to treat our symptoms and to rebuild our natural h read more
Bigger, Better and Fatter Than Ever.
My Lymphoma Story | September 4th 2008 by Brandi
Wow, so it’s been awhile. I have somewhat fallen out of touch with everything. Real life and Internet life. I spend most of my time in my room. It’s rare I come out anymore. I’m just so tired and worn out and feel like cra read more
Update on Prostate Cancer
Aging Process Discussion - A Blog | August 24th 2008 by Robert Knechtel
We all know that prostate cancer can happen to any male and it is a very common type of cancer. The commonest form of cancer in the United States today is skin cancer but, to many people's surprise, prostate cancer is the second most frequently seen read more
Side Effect From Prostate Cancer Radiation Treatment
Cancer Warriors | August 19th 2008 by azaliha
The treatment option for Prostate Cancer depends on the spreading of the tumor. However the most common treatment is radiation therapy by using x-ray to kill the cancer cells and avoid it from spreading. It is important that before you are looking o read more
4 Symptoms NOT to be Taken Lightly
Urilife and True Optimal Health | August 7th 2008 by Brandi Magill
While I consider myself pretty informed when it comes to Cancer, when my friend was recently diagnosed I was dumbfounded to say the least. Her Cancer not only took me by surprise, but also her doctors due to her age and her overall healthy lifestyle read more
Complete Information on Endometrial Cancer
Sports And Relax Blog | August 4th 2008 by kon5518
Endometrial cancer can sometimes indicated of uterine cancer. Endometrial cancer is the cancer which starts in endometrium, the lining of the uterus (uterus). Uterine cancer, the malignant neoplasm most common of the female genital area and the quart read more
7/28 MRI Results
Blogging in B Minor | July 31st 2008 by Mark Miller
My MRI was on Tuesday and I had an appointment yesterday with my Neuro-oncologist. Overall the news was good. The size of the tumor has not changed which is great news, again. There has been an increase in what is called T1 shortening and mild read more
Mesothelioma
Review Central | July 30th 2008 by Kraig Grayson
Cancer is one word and illness that we all wish never existed. This is due to the fact it has taken so many lives over the years and in most cases it is untreatable especially if it is at an advanced stage. Some types of cancer that have become quite read more
Enlarged Prostate Gland Treatment
Healthy Articles | July 29th 2008 by kanrich
Examining types of treatment for an enlarged prostate gland If you have found you have a large prostate, how is it treated? An enlarged prostate gland, also called BPH (Benign prostatic hypertrophy/hyperplasia), can be treated in various ways dependi read more
Inoperable lung cancer causes leukemia and prostate
YOURWEBARTICLES.COM | July 29th 2008 by JBiggs
Lung cancer is one of the most deadly types of cancer that cause damage to the lungs of a person. The treatment procedures adopted to cure the disease depends upon the stage of its formation. Knee arthritis is one of the first signs. Surgery for lung read more
A Cold And An Old Foe
Blogging in B Minor | July 24th 2008 by Mark Miller
As luck (or a hashed immune system!) would have it, I ended up with a cold. Who cares at this point - it’s par for the course and I’m working on bringing myself back out of this over time. It will take about 6 months and I will take a read more
Proton Therapy
Battling Cancer | July 23rd 2008 by HART (1-800-HART)
Battling Cancer has discussed proton therapy before but did you know that Loma Linda University Medical Center has the nation’s first hospital-based proton treatment center for cancer? Check out this video on the James M. Slater, M.D. Proton read more
Should Supplemental Antioxidant Administration Be Avoided During…
H*O*P*E* (*Helping *Ovarian Cancer Survivors *Persevere Thro… | June 16th 2008 by Paul
” … ‘Despite some intriguing studies that have suggested the benefit of adjunctive antioxidant treatments in cancer patients, the totality of the available evidence is equivocal at best and leaves us with serious concerns about the pote read more
Kennedy Treatment Plan - Sounds Familiar
Blogging in B Minor | June 2nd 2008 by Mark Miller
I just read a story on MSNBC regarding the treatment plan for Senator Kennedy. It really just underscores the standard of care today with regard to malignant gliomas. As you know if you are a consistent reader, I have a grade 3 oligoastrocytoma. read more
Prostate Cancer Treatment
The-Symptoms.Net - Health Information | June 2nd 2008 by Retroflux
Treatment for prostate cancer may involve watchful waiting, surgery, radiation therapy including brachytherapy and external beam radiation, High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), chemotherapy, cryosurgery, hormonal therapy, or some combination. Wh read more
Complete Information on Acoustic neuroma with Treatment and Preve…
Sports And Relax Blog | May 4th 2008 by kon5518
Radiation therapy now offers non-surgical handling for selected cases. Most patients see blow after being told they have a tumor near the mind that needs to be surgically removed. An acoustical neuroma, too called a vestibular schwannoma, is a harml read more
Radiologic Technology - One of the Most Promising Medical Field
Radiology 101 | April 12th 2008 by Pran!ng
Radiologic Technology is generally an unfamiliar term to most of the people. Usually, when someone is ask about it, they would probably reply "Radio Repair" or Radio Technician.The purpose of this blog is to introduce to readers how promising this fi read more
MRI Today - 6 Months of Chemo Completed
Blogging in B Minor | March 24th 2008 by Mark Miller
As of last night, I took the last of my Temodar to reach the 6-month mark which is the official “standard of care” if you will. I guess it’s a meaningful milestone in that most of the brain tumor centers including UCSF will recomm read more
Seeking Prostate Cancer Survivors for Technology Discussion
Battling Cancer | March 13th 2008 by HART (1-800-HART)
Thanks to Lesly Maranan, for passing this along! From the desk of Dan Ollendorf, MPH, ARM, Chief Review Officer, Institute for Clinical & Economic Review I am writing concerning the efforts of a new initiative known as the Institute for Clinical read more
Oncological Hypochondria
Topics of Cancer | March 7th 2008 by Dawn
Okay, here’s the news, after a brief hiatus. After turning over every rock in town looking for a doctor and/or procedure to explain why I’ve passed blood in my urine periodically, the general consensus is - I’m appallingly healthy a read more
5-Day Chemo Regimen
Blogging in B Minor | February 15th 2008 by Mark Miller
Well, I have decided that when I am finished with cycle #5, I am going to try the 5-day chemo regimen. With this schedule, I will take Temodar for 5 days and then be off of the drug for effectively 23 days each month. I mentioned in a number of pos read more
Choosing to be Frozen
Zahava's Jewish Alaska | February 11th 2008 by Zahava
This past week, it has been between ten and fifteen degrees below zero each morning as I walked to work. The first day, I thought I would be cold, so I put on lots of layers before I zipped on my snowsuit. I sweated so much that parts of my hair fr read more
Top 6 Most Important Cancer Advances of 2007 [Highlight HEALTH]
Highlight HEALTH | January 16th 2008 by Walter
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recently published its third annual Clinical Cancer Advances report, Clinical Cancer Advances 2007: Major Research Advances in Cancer Treatment, Prevention and Screening [1]. It was developed under the read more
New Treatments for Brain Tumors
Blogging in B Minor | January 7th 2008 by Mark Miller
I came across a very good slide set put together by Dr. Henry Friedman, MD of Duke University Brain Tumor center. At this point in my treatment, because I have what is referred to as “stable disease”, the standard of care is what I will read more
December 07 MRI / Deja Vu’
Blogging in B Minor | December 5th 2007 by Mark Miller
It’s time for my 60 day check so I will have an MRI tomorrow morning at 8:00am. As per usual, I’ll hand-carry the films for an 11am meeting with my neurosurgeon and oncologist so we can discuss the outcome. I have some anxiety but as I& read more
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