Alerts About Cancer Treatment Advances; How Soon Should Research Results Reach Patients?Larry Thompson
My general theme throughout the book was to answer those same 3 questions: “Cancer, what is it? How do you get cancer? and What is the best cancer treatment?” In fact, that turned out to be the title. I also realized that I had accumulated some good information that I could share...
Today’s cancer treatments have all gone through an extremely rigorous four-step testing process. This process is universal for all cancer treatments in the United States. In some cases, it leads to breakthrough drugs or therapies; other therapies are not approved for patient care. ...
The main methods of cancer treatment are surgery and chemotherapy. If the surgery is performed in the early stage of the disease only a damaged ovary may be removed. In more difficult cases depending on the level of the damage the uterus and omentum could be removed. Chemotherapy is usually ...
October 24th. He went into the hospital on the 7th and never quite made it home. He had some fluid that had infection. They got the infection to clear up but I think the combination of the cancer, chemo, and all the meds he was on in the hospital was just too much for his liver...
(much more compelling) Metabolic Theory of Cancer. Big Ideas we explore include the fact that we’ve spent $100 billion researching cancer and spend $100 billion annually on cancer medications and we’ve seen ZERO improvements in the real death rates from cancer since the 1950s. We look at...
removed, if disease is left behind, the outlook may be very serious. In a sense, all patients can have an operation, but if the cancer either does not appear to be resectable before surgery, or at surgery cannot be removed in its entirety, the surgery may not ultimately provide much ...
So that's how I got interested in SALL4. Because it's a very good example of how this regulation of genes can lead to cancer, as opposed to many genes that people study in cancer. It's generally not mutated very much. The real reason it does bad things because it's been expressed...
Lymphedema, or swelling caused by too much fluid in the tissue Bone-Strengthening Drugs Why you might choose one: If your breast cancer has spread to your bones, your doctor may suggest drugs that prevent breaks and ease bone pain.
Address the client's EMOTIONS with empathetic responses.It's surprising to me how much it means to clients when you simply say, “This is hard. I'm sorry.” Acknowledging that the situation is Sucksville (Population: your client) validates the client's feelings, shows that you understand an...