]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/cancer-treatment Blog Articles Tagged with 'cancer-treatment' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/923831?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment A new study out of the United Kingdom about doctors and their knowledge at identifying cancer is concerning. Delayed diagnosis of cancer can have a combination of factors, including patients not seeking help or advice if they are ill, or lack of awar... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/923831?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:24:39 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/923832?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Are you interested in finding other interesting sites and blogs about cancer? I have a few to suggest and if you d like to add to the list or have a blog or site of your own, please let us know. The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center is... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/923832?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:21:05 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/923613?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment I came across an interesting Canadian website over the weekend, called Fertile Future.Their introductory paragraph says:In 2005, approximately 10,000 Canadians aged 20-44 were diagnosed with cancer. An estimated 80% survived. Thousands of young Canad... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/923613?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:03:44 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/923434?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment By Miriam FalcoCNN Medical Managing EditorA German hospital announced this week that a 42-year old American living in Berlin who did not want to be identified had come to them three years ago for treatment. It was determined that he had acute leukemi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/923434?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:59:10 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/923978?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment By Miriam FalcoCNN Medical Managing EditorA German hospital announced this week that a 42-year old American living in Berlin who did not want to be identified had come to them three years ago for treatment. It was determined that he had acute leukemi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/923978?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:59:10 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/923147?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Drug companies aren t the only ones looking to expand their cancer franchises.The business-minded nonprofit University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is teaming up with the business-minded business GE to open cancer treatment centers in Europe and th... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/923147?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:45:07 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/straight-from-the-doc/922703?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment College basketball's top analyst Dick Vitale and award-winning sports columnist Michael Wilbon have teamed up with The V Foundation , ESPN and Stand Up To CancerTM in an effort to create a national conversation about the ignored reality of prostate ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/straight-from-the-doc/922703?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:25:54 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/922652?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment It s not common to wish for side effects of medications, particularly because some of them are so nasty. But, researchers have found that women who are taking Tamoxifen or Arimidex after completing breast cancer treatment and who have side effects,... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/922652?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:33:23 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/922572?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment If you opted for a lumpectomy for breast cancer treatment and your cancer returns, a new study recommends that you not get a second lumpectomy but that you opt for a mastectomy. The 5-year survival rate of women who had mastectomies is quite a bit hi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/922572?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:31:54 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/schwitzer-health/920702?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment The journal PLoS Medicine offers an interesting online debate, Should Informed Consent for Cancer Treatment Include a Discussion about Hospital Outcome Disparities? Studies have shown disparities in outcomes for cancer treatment from hospital to hos... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/schwitzer-health/920702?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:09:29 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/palo-alto-medical-foundation/920590?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment At the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF), our highly qualified team of urologists, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, physicists, technicians, nurses and pathologist work together to provide compassionate, integrated prostate cancer treatm... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/palo-alto-medical-foundation/920590?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:50:20 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/919385?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment The health concerns about bisphenol-A (BPA), a component of hard polycarbonate plastic, has been extended once again (see here, here, here for previous posts on BPA). BPA, a ubiquitous contaminant of human bodies, leaches from water and baby bottles,... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/919385?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:26:32 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/918698?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Diamonds are a girls best friend but nanodiamonds could soon become everyone's friend. Dean Ho, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and Robert Lam, a graduate student in Ho's research group at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/918698?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:00:01 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/918228?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment The big gongs of the medical world are beginning to sound for Akira Endo, the Japanese scientist who discovered the first cholesterol-lowering statin back in 1973. On Friday, he picked up a Lasker Award for clinical medical research. The awards, some... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/918228?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:40:45 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/918167?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment The big gongs of the medical world are beginning to sound for Akira Endo, the Japanese scientist who discovered the first cholesterol-lowering statin back in 1973. On Friday, he picked up a Lasker Award for clinical medical research. The awards, some... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/918167?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:41:50 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/allergy-and-asthma-source/917879?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment from FTC (Federal Trade Commission) Website www.ftc.govFTC Sweep Stops Peddlers of Bogus Cancer CuresPublic Education Campaign Counsels Consumers, Talk to Your Doctor The Federal Trade Commission today announced 11 law enforcement actions challe... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/allergy-and-asthma-source/917879?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:45:05 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/schwitzer-health/917671?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Sandy Szwarc, on her Junkfood Science blog, blasts lazy news coverage this week of a study reportedly finding that acupuncture works to reduce the side effects of breast cancer treatment as effectively as conventional medicine, without the side effe... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/schwitzer-health/917671?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:56:24 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/junkfood-science/917630?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment You ve no doubt heard the news of a study reportedly finding that acupuncture works to reduce the side effects of breast cancer treatment as effectively as conventional medicine, without the side effects. This is a hallmark news story worthy of lin... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/junkfood-science/917630?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:19:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/917312?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Morphormics Inc., a start-up company out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has partnered with Accuray Incorporated, a manufacturer of robotic radiosurgery systems, to provide its autocontouring technology component for volumetric im... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/917312?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:44:06 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/917118?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Need a will or an apartment lease? It s easy enough to find a well-vetted template that let s you bypass the lawyers or at least get a head start with a solid draft.Red tape is a hazard to prompt cancer studies.Want to start a cancer study? That ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/917118?rsstype=tag&tag=cancer-treatment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:40:43 -0400