When a cancer patient receives the news that their cancer is in remission, it is joyous, celebratory news. However, being in remission is not the same thing as the cancer being gone, because there is always the chance, however slim, that the cancer could return. Until...
Chemotherapy is the leading cancer treatment, with about 650,000 cancer patients receiving chemotherapy treatment each year in the United States. Unfortunately, despite its life-saving potential, chemotherapy comes with some nasty side effects- most commonly nausea,...
In the United States, about 1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer in her lifetime. That means that if you’re a woman living in the U.S., there is a 12% chance you’ll contract this devastating disease. As startling as this statistic is, it’s the truth. While...
The goal of a radiation oncologist is to use radiation as an instrument to eliminate cancerous tumors in the body. Radiation therapy has been challenged over the years due to the damage they cause healthy tissues the surround the targeted tumor; however, recent...
Recent improvements in the treatment of children with Hodgkin lymphoma have come about with guidelines for the use of 3D computed tomography (CT) based radiation therapy and volumetric image guidance. The International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group created these...
Radiation therapy has been one of the most effective ways to treat cancer. Studies have shown, however, that patients with early stages of breast cancer are at higher risk of heart and lung problems as much as 20 years after treatment. This especially rings true for...
