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Updated: 2012-01-31 15:02:41
Cancer Center After a cancer diagnosis â whether it's your own or that of a loved one â the right information can be one of your most powerful weapons . Here's what you need to know about cancer treatment and management . Cancer in the simplest terms is the abnormal growth of cells somewhere in the body . Each year , more than a million people receive a cancer diagnosis , and the most common types of cancer include breast cancer , prostate cancer , lung cancer , and colorectal cancer . In addition to the three major types of cancer treatment â surgery , chemotherapy , and radiation therapy â researchers are working to find new and more effective ways of fighting cancer . Some cancers can't be prevented , but other types can be avoided by living a healthy lifestyle . Cancer
Adults with metastatic basal cell cancer now have a new drug to help them battle the disease. The Food and Drug Administration has approved Erivedge under the agency's priority review program. The program provides an expedited six-month review process for drugs that may result in major treatment advances. Erivedge is for patients with advanced basal [...]
This post is not about breast cancer. It’s about lung cancer — a disease with a survival rate of 15.5%. In case you haven’t heard, that just is not acceptable. Good news is that you can help change such a sobering statistic, and all you need to do is register for Run Amuck with the Duck [...]
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PART I is here. PART II is here. And what follows is PART III. (the last one.) What does cancer feel like? >like I’m lucky. The drug Herceptin is approved for use in early-state breast cancer patients, and I get in on it right before my window closes (it must be give a certain amount of time [...]
LGBT people often avoid medical treatment because they have been treated poorly by health practitioners in the past or because they fear stigma and marginalization because of who they are. Many studies confirm the harsh treatment LGBT people experience in health care settings.
At a recent joint City Council hearing held by the Committee on Civil [...]
Going to the hospital can often be a frightening experience for children. In an effort to help children feel more comfortable, the MUSC Children’s Hospital Emergency Department is hosting a Teddy Bear Clinic from 9 A.M. to Noon on Saturday, January 28, 2012.
Children ages 3 to 10 years old and their families are encouraged to bring . . . → Read More: Teddy Bear Check-Ups at MUSC Children’s Hospital
No one has ever asked me, “What does cancer feel like?’ I’m not sure too many people really want to know the answer, and, so, it makes sense I’ve not been queried on this topic. Someone did ask Donna Peach what the disease feels like, though, and while she didn’t share her whole response with [...]