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Treatments & Coping With Colon Cancer
Patients who receive a diagnosis of colon cancer quickly become depressed and have a lot of unanswered questions about their future. The most important thing for them to realize is that they are not alone and that their friends and family are
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The FDA’s New World of Avastin Haves and Have Nots
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Jan 13, 2011 T he Food and Drug Administration did something highly unusual in December: It revoked its previously granted approval for using a drug called Avastin to treat late-stage metastatic breast cancer. The FDA's decision dampened the hope of
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Detect Cancer Through Blood Test Maybe?
Experts air concerns Johnson & Johnson in a combined effort with researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital to develop a
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Gentle and effective treatments for prostate cancer patients
Cologne :: Germany | over 2 years ago
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However, the prognosis for prostate cancer patients has improved significantly in recent years thanks to an early detection. In addition, modern techniques in radiation therapy also lead to a better preserved quality of life. Prostate cancer is the
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Survival of NZ cancer patients improves
Auckland :: New Zealand | over 2 years ago
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Although survival in both males and females improved, survival ratios differed in terms of sex, ethnicity, extent of disease at diagnosis, and level of deprivation, said Dr John Childs, National Clinical Director of the Ministry of Health's cancer
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Support cancer treatment campaign
Grass Valley :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Recently the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation board asked me to lead a very exciting campaign called Accelerating Cancer Treatment (ACT). I agreed to chair the campaign because I care about improving the health of our community. Also, I
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Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong First in Asia to Offer Cancer Patients Image-Guided RapidArc® Radiotherapy Using the UNIQUE™ Radiotherapy System
Hong Kong :: China | over 2 years ago
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Clinicians used the new device for the first time last week, to deliver an image-guided RapidArc® treatment for a patient battling hypopharyngeal cancer, a tumor in the lower part of the throat near the larynx. RapidArc treatments. Prince of Wales
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Lack of nurses leaves cancer victims feeling shortchanged, says study of 68,000 patients
London :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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One in three said not enough nurses were on duty when they were in for treatment. Almost half of cancer patients said they or their family were not given enough information to cope at home, while many do not have regular support from a specialist
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The long goodbye
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | over 2 years ago
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Story continues below "I'm not sure the community wants what we're doing," he says. "I can keep these people alive now...I've got these levers I can pull and make them a little bit more alive...For every 1000 people in the community in the latter
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'Just another postcode lottery': £50m fund for cancer patients is already imposing blacklists
Nice :: France | over 2 years ago
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At least two of England's ten regional health authorities are effectively blacklisting medicines widely recommended by consultants despite Coalition promises that no patient should go without. In addition, hundreds of potential beneficiaries have
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