While some side effects of cancer treatment can be avoided, many can be managed or effectively treated. The specific side effects you experience and their intensity can differ from person to person, largely depending on the type of treatment received. ...
The third edition of this book has been extensively expanded to discuss all aspects of cancer treatment side-effects in everyday life, covering a range of issues from skin problems to fertility problems, Divided in three major parts, the first part covers medical cancer therapy side effects, ran...
Luminate Medical is developing a suite of products to prevent and control the side effects of cancer treatment, including Lily, the world's first pain-free and portable solution to prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy.
“This study is the first demonstration of YIV-906’s effectiveness in reducing GI toxicity caused by chemotherapy and radiation, showing the medicine’s potential of improving the patient’s quality of life while increasing treatment effectiveness,” said co-researcherYung-Chi Cheng,...
Side effects generated by various treatments have been characterized reasonably well. However, to the authors' knowledge, less is known regarding what patients expect to experience regarding these side effects and how patient characteristics are related to these expectations.Maarten Hofman...
Patient Portal Careers Request an Appointment Starting your personalized cancer treatment plan usually brings a sense of relief because you're taking steps toward the hope for a cancer-free future. But along with that relief can come some concerns about the treatment's side effects. ...
However, this also means that the patient has lived long enough with their cancer in order to accumulate these side effects. Short term side effects last for a week or so after chemotherapy and radiation, and for the duration of the treatment. Long term side effects accumula...
The unavoidable consequence is that more individuals are experiencing the side effects of cancer and cancer therapy. While the severity of treatment-related symptoms tends to be lower with newer biologic therapies, the spectrum of toxicities has gotten wider and can affect just about every organ and...
"This study is the first demonstration of YIV-906's effectiveness in reducing GI toxicity caused by chemotherapy and radiation, showing the medicine's potential of improving the patient's quality of life while increasing treatment effectiveness," said co-researcher Yung-Chi Cheng, a professor of ...
early management of potential cardiac toxicities, aiming to maintain cancer treatment whenever cardiac toxicity is manageable, and the patient remains stable; and also, advice on carrying out long-term follow-up of cancer survivors who have received treatments with potential late cardiovascular effects....