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Treating Prostate Cancer with IGRT

By: Steve Vogel

IGRT delivers high-dose radiation to targeted areas in the prostate, minimizing radiation exposure to healthy surrounding tissue more...

Prostate Cancer: Treatment Choices?

By: Steve Vogel

From radiation to surgery and other treatments, the decision about which path to take is largely up to the patient. more...

Prostate Cancer: Are You At Risk?

By: Steve Vogel

By age 80, up to 80% of American men have prostate cancer - but later in life, it poses less of a threat than in earlier years more...

DVT Link With Prostate Cancer

By: Steve Vogel

Studies show more than 90 percent of patients with cancer may experience an increase in the blood's clotting activity, which can lead to a Deep Vein Thrombosis, or DVT. more...

Gilda's Club Offers Cancer Support

By: Margaret M. Williams

Named in memory of the late comedienne Gilda Radner, the Gilda's Club network provides free emotional and social support for anyone whose life has been touched by cancer. more...

Tamoxifen and Raloxifene

By: Kenneth Rosen

Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) have been shown to provide great benefit in reducing breast cancer occurrence and recurrence. more...

Peritoneal Cancer; the Silent & Unknown Killer

By: Juliette Riitters

Hidden in the lining of your abdomen could be a cancer waiting to happen. Few people are even aware of the peritoneum, a membrane that surrounds the abdominal organs. more...

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