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Dr. Gary Onik, a noted radiologist who specializes in the treatment of prostate cancer discusses what men should do after they are diagnosed with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is a spectrum of disease in which the treatment depends on the age at the time of diagnosis, the stage of the disease, and other factors.
MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas presents its complementary and alternative approach to cancer care in addition to more traditional care. This includes holistic and non traditional treatment.
Are you at risk for breast cancer? Dr. Lynn Hartmann of the Mayo Clinic looks at anatomic changes with aging that put you at higher risk for breast cancer. In addition to the traditional risks such as radiation to the chest, genetic predisposition- such as BRCA1 and BRCA2, family history of Breast cancer, or know LCIS- lobular carcinoma in situ, this gives doctors additional information from the breast tissue.
Bladder Cancer. People older than age 65, those exposed to industrial chemicals (paints, etc), and smoking are the risk factors for bladder cancer. One early sign of bladder cancer is bleeding in the urine. Blood in the urine is the most common finding. Other symptoms are frequency of urination, pain with urination, or urgency , as well as abdominal pain, Although many people are asymptomatic. Dr. Cheryl Lee. Univ. of Michigan.
Brachytherapy or localized radiation treatment can be used in certain patients with breast cancer. Depending on tumor size and other factor, physicians may use APBI or accelerated partial breast irradiation. A balloon catheter, the mamosite, can be used, as well as other types of brachytherapy. Dr. Elizabeth Tapen, a radiation oncologist, reviews brachytherapy for breast cancer.
Dr. Iman Mohamed , the DIrector of the Breast Center at Univ. of Toledo, discusses the risk factors, screening and general treatment of breast cancer. Mammography is the best screening test for breast cancer, and breast MRI can also be used. The standard treatments are surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
Breast Cancer: Dr. John Feldmeier, Chairman of Radiation Oncology, Univ. of Toledo. Screening for breast cancer includes physical exam and mammography. Breast MRI is used to improve the diagnosis and follow up. If diagnosed early, survival rates can be greater than 90%.
PK Morrow, MD, the director of the Breast Cancer Survivorship clinic, discusses the diagnosis of breast cancer in young women. She talks about raising awareness among young women and their doctors to look for breast cancer. Screening for breast cancer is an important tool, such as breast self exams, physician examination.
Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in women. One in nine women will develop breast cancer. The prognosis of breast cancer depends on the type of breast cancer, and the breast cancer stage. Early stage carcinoma in situ or intraductal carcinoma the survival is greater than 90%. For invasive carcinoma, the prognosis depends on the size and if there is lymph node involvement. Gene micro array also affects breast cancer prognosis, presence of BRCA gene mutation, the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene.
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