Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation
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Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation
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Proton therapy: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
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@mymediafolio Downside is normal (but milder) radiation side effects. It's the same as radiation, just more targeted. http://t.co/P5jWncLj
What side effects of radiation therapy should cancer patients be watching out for?
talkabouthealth.com — “Side effect of radiation therapy entirely depends on the area we are irradiating. For example the side effects of radiation the the brain because of a brain met” View full resource at talkabouthealth.com
Most Recently Shared on March 25, 2012 at 5:47 pm By:
Noushin Hart MD Physician, Doctor, Oncologist, and Radiation Oncologist
What side effects of radiation therapy should cancer patients be watching out for? http://t.co/SJP12HDL
Predicting Chemo Side Effects - Understanding Individual Genetic Variations
medicalnewstoday.com — “Researchers have discovered a method that allows scientists to predict which patients are most likely to suffer serious side effects from chemotherapy. The finding was made in the currently larges” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Understanding individual genetic variation can help predict chemotherapy side effects
medicalxpress.com — “The largest study ever on the effect of genetic variability on the toxicity of chemotherapy in breast cancer shows that it is possible to predict which patients are most likely to suffer serious side effects, a researcher will tell the 8th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-8) today (Friday). Dr. ...” View full resource at medicalxpress.com
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Fat-enclosed nanoparticles can directly irradiate brain tumor
news-medical.net — “For the past 40 years, radiation has been the most effective method for treating deadly brain tumors called glioblastomas. But, although the targeting technology has been refined, beams of radiation still must pass through healthy brain tissue to reach the tumor, and patients can only tolerate small amounts before developing serious side effects.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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Fat-enclosed nanoparticles can directly irradiate brain tumor: For the past 40 years, radiation has been the mos... http://t.co/n7gxCSnl
New Radiation Treatment Cutting Down On Side Effects « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
dfw.cbslocal.com — “Radiation therapy for cancer can come at a cost with long treatments and difficult side effects. But now, new technology here in North Texas is cutting back on both while giving patients more hope of finally beating their disease. News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of DFW” View full resource at dfw.cbslocal.com
Most Recently Shared on March 20, 2012 at 7:52 pm By:
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RT @stewieb: My story w/ @CBS11Karen last week on a cool new #radiation machine @UTSWNews: http://t.co/52zz1BoX #cancer #Vero
A word about cryothrapy | Dr. Scionti
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Most Recently Shared on March 20, 2012 at 7:12 pm By:
Stephen Scionti, MD Physician, Doctor, Surgeon, and Urologist
Compared with surgery and radiation, cryotherapy offers better statistical long term cancer control learn more at http://t.co/kEUt15gL
Cell phone use during pregnancy, Side effects of cell phone radiation, Side effects of cell phone during pregnancy
zippy-health.com — “Make sure you avoid cellular phone radiation when you are a pregnant women is the latest in health news.” View full resource at zippy-health.com
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News on cellular phone use during pregnancy: Cell phones are the major ways one can communicate and also keep in... http://t.co/ON89af1D
Taking a pill to fight cancer? Avoid these dangerous drug interactions - Daily Dose: A Boston Globe blog with health news, advice, and information.
boston.com — “Cancer treatments nowadays include not just radiation, surgery, and infusion chemotherapy treatments, but also pills that patients take every day for weeks, months, or even years. Many of these pills, however, interact with common medications such as acid blockers and antihistamines, rendering the cancer drugs less effective or dangerously potent. The majority of cancer patients taking a particular kind of oral cancer drug, known as kinase inhibitors, were taking other medications that interacte” View full resource at boston.com
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Taking a pill to fight cancer? Avoid these dangerous drug interactions http://t.co/AWzTxPDn #healthcare #medicine #cancer
FDA staff question benefit of Merck-Ariad drug - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com — “From Yahoo! News: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drug reviewers questioned whether a sarcoma treatment from Merck & Co Inc and Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc kept tumors at bay for long enough, given the drug's serious side effects. The drug, called Taltorvic, is meant as a maintenance therapy for people with soft tissue or bone sarcoma who have had four successful rounds of chemotherapy. U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff found the drug stopped cancer from spreading two weeks longer than a placebo” View full resource at news.yahoo.com
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FDA staff question benefit of Merck-Ariad drug: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drug reviewers questioned whether a ... http://t.co/ctXdTin7
Underreported Side Effect of Cancer: Vulnerability
blog.stupidcancer.com — “After my immune system was trashed by chemotherapy, my doctors warned me I would be susceptible to infection for months....” View full resource at blog.stupidcancer.com
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[@STUPIDCANCER BLOG] Underreported Side Effect of Cancer: Vulnerability http://t.co/FMFn4eXD Please RT
Cutaneous Side Effects Specific to Certain Chemotherapeutics - Chemotherapy Advisor
chemotherapyadvisor.com — “A recent review article published in Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, a German, bilingual journal of medicine, stated that for many of the new antitumor drugs approved in recent years, there are side-effect profiles distinct from their predecessors, and that these side effects are sometimes highly specific, especially with respect to the skin.” View full resource at chemotherapyadvisor.com
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Discovery Could Reduce Chemo's Side Effects
medicalnewstoday.com — “A team of researchers at Duke University has determined the structure of a key molecule that can carry chemotherapy and anti-viral drugs into cells, which could help to create more effective drugs” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Discovery Could Reduce Chemo's Side Effects http://t.co/3oaE5YH7 #cancer
Discovery Could Reduce Chemotherapy's Side Effects - DukeHealth.org
dukehealth.org — “A team of researchers at Duke University has determined the structure of a key molecule that can carry chemotherapy and anti-viral drugs into cells, which could help to create more effective drugs with fewer effects to healthy tissue.” View full resource at dukehealth.org
Most Recently Shared on March 12, 2012 at 3:34 pm By:
Research findings could help reduce side effects of chemotherapy http://t.co/YByJHhQS
New Molecular Discovery Offers Promise for New Cancer Drugs Free of Side Effects - ABC News
abcnews.go.com — “While it can often work wonders against invading cancer cells, chemotherapy can also bring on very undesirable side effects, such as hair loss, nausea and vomiting.” View full resource at abcnews.go.com
Most Recently Shared on March 12, 2012 at 12:59 pm By:
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Discovery could Mean fewer chemo side effects -from ABCNews! http://t.co/R1dSqa3k #health
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