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How Hair Loss Due to Skin Cancer can be Treated Using Cautious Hair Transplants and ACell Therapy

A gentleman had a large area affected by skin cancer on top of his head, which was removed. He underwent 30 days of radiation treatment which left a crater o…

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Early Stage Testicular Cancer – Surveillance Is Best Follow-Up Strategy

A long-term study of men with stage I seminoma, a common form of testicular cancer, suggests that surveillance for cancer recurrence, rather than additional chemotherapy or radiation therapy, is sufficient for the vast majority of patients who have undergone successful surgery for their cancer…

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In Preclinical Studies, New Drug Enhances Radiation Treatment For Brain Cancer

A novel drug may help increase the effectiveness of radiation therapy for the most deadly form of brain cancer, report scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center. In mouse models of human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the new drug helped significantly extend survival when used in combination with radiation therapy…

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Video: Curing cancer in pets

Pets are now able to receive essential chemo and radiation treatments to cure cancer.

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Video: Curing cancer in pets

Pets are now able to receive essential chemo and radiation treatments to cure cancer.

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New Breast Cancer Treatment with Less Radiation at Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale

Intrabeam is a new intraoperative radiation therapy for breast cancer patients undergoing lumpectomy. Usually, after lumpectomy, a patient would have to heal…

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Cancer patient finds new opportunity after treatment

The end of radiation treatment at MD Anderson’s Katy Regional Care Center was a new opportunity for cancer patient Carol Securo: volunteerism. Connect with u…

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50 Shades of Survivorship

by Judy Pearson Joint pain, nausea, headaches, weight gain, weight loss, fatigue, sleeplessness, night sweats, and on, and on. The list of physical effects from chemo and radiation is not only long, it is varied and individualized. Add in the psychological effects of having had a cancer diagnosis and ensuing surgeries or procedures, and you’ve …

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Successful Cancer Treatment Bodes Well For Fukushima, Other Nuclear Disaster Victims: Chernobyl Follow-Up Study

More than a quarter of a century after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, many children and teenagers who developed thyroid cancer due to radiation are in complete or near remission, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM)….

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Chernobyl follow-up study finds high survival rate among young thyroid cancer patients

More than a quarter of a century after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, many children and teenagers who developed thyroid cancer due to radiation are in complete or near remission, according to a recent study.

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