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CANCER CURE & PREVENTION SERIES: Principles of Cancer Treatment: Radiation Oncology

CANCER CURE & PREVENTION SERIES: Principles of Cancer Treatment:  Radiation Oncology

Dr. Vivek Karadi When a patient is told that they have a diagnosis of cancer, they can be overwhelmed with many emotions. In the midst of these emotions, they have to now learn about the many complexities of the treatments that may be recommended for them. We have made tremendous progress over the last quarter […]

CANCER CURE & PREVENTION SERIES: Four Things about Smoking and Lung Cancer

When people think of cancer, they naturally focus on their experience with it in their families, friends and associates. We often pay attention to breast and prostate cancer due to how commonly they are diagnosed. Unfortunately, lung cancer is the deadliest cancer. This is mainly because it is often diagnosed after it has spread regionally […]

CANCER CURE & PREVENTION SERIES: Prostate Cancer: The Silent Killer

In the next series of topics, we will explore specific cancers. The first of these is prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is not only a very common cancer but one of the few, where there are several choices of treatment for early to intermediate disease. In most cancer types, the oncologists taking care of the patient […]

CANCER CURE & PREVENTION SERIES – Clinical Trials: Offering New Hope

CANCER CURE & PREVENTION SERIES – Clinical Trials: Offering New Hope

For the majority of patients diagnosed with cancer, standard chemotherapy and radiation treatments often prove to be very successful in shrinking or killing cancer cells. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case for everyone. For patients who need an alternative to standard therapies, physicians often recommend participation in a clinical trial. According to the American Cancer Society, […]