Cancer Treatment
January 2nd, 2011
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BeBrightPink.org founder Lindsey Avner, discusses how her organization is educating young women on Ovarian and Breast Cancer prevention
Posted: September 9, 2011, 5:14 pm
Early detection of breast cancer with Dr. Kurt Tauer, Oncologist with the West Clinic in Memphis, Tennessee.
Posted: September 6, 2011, 5:29 pm
Dr. Richard Goldberg, a clinical researcher in Hematology and Oncology at UNC-Chapel Hill visits The Balancing Act studio to discuss Genomics and recent advances in the treatment of colon cancer.
Posted: August 24, 2011, 4:59 pm
Dan Clementi, Stage II colon cancer patient discusses how OncotypeDX, specific to each patient, gave him peace of mind.
Posted: August 17, 2011, 7:06 pm
Dr. Lavery from the Cleveland Clinic discusses the benefits of OncotypeDX in treament of colon cancer
Posted: August 15, 2011, 8:42 pm
Dr. Richard Goldberg, a clinical researcher in Hematology and Oncology at UNC-Chapel Hill visits The Balancing Act studio to discuss Genomics and recent advances in the treatment of colon cancer.
Posted: July 25, 2009, 2:19 pm
All medical treatments entail some degree of risk and CAM therapies are no different. CAM therapies can be divided into two groups when examining safety concerns and regulatory issues. The first group contains products that a patient typically uses either internally or externally. These CAM therapies, such as Echinacea capsules or colloidal silver salve, are [...]
Posted: April 24, 2009, 7:47 pm
With the myriad of CAM therapies available, it is often difficult and overwhelming to determine which, if any, may be appropriate. Because of the potential for interaction between CAM therapies and conventional medical treatments, it is extremely important for a patient to consult with their oncologist and other attendant health care professionals about CAM therapies [...]
Posted: April 24, 2009, 7:45 pm
It is important to remember that many new innovations in medicine may originally be classified as CAM. Chemotherapy and radiation were once considered unconventional and questioned by the mainstream medical community. Likewise, CAM dietary supplements may have active ingredients that demonstrate anti-cancer activity and eventually become used as conventional cancer drugs. One example is the [...]
Posted: April 24, 2009, 7:43 pm
Overview Hormonal therapy blocks or prevents cancer cells from being exposed to hormones that cause them to grow. Certain cells in the body, such as prostate and breast, have hormone receptors on their surface. Hormones that naturally circulate in the body bind to these receptors and stimulate the cell to grow. Some cancer cells have many more [...]
Posted: April 22, 2009, 4:03 pm