The American Society of Clinical Oncology recently held their annual conference, and it has generated a lott of buzz in the online PC community. There is so much news coming out of this meeting, it is overloading my mailbox. So I will try to present a few of these stories as best as I can. The following article touts the benefits [...]
I am including this as "family" news. This doctor was an innovator in using new techniques for radiation therapy of the prostate, which have now become standard. My husband was a direct benefactor of his work at Sloan Kettering. May he R.I.P. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Froom the STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Steven Leibel, MD, the medical director of the Stanford [...]
Men Can Take Their Time to Decide on Prostate Cancer Treatment, From the Harvard Men's Health Watch BOSTON, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- Is it safe to wait to make a decision about having prostate cancer surgery, even after you've waited and waited for all the doctor appointments and test results? Or will the additional delay reduce [...]
This is from a Johns Hopkins "Health Alert" I got a few months ago." It singled out cancer pts. as a particularly vulnerable group. (By the way, the JH "Health Alerts" are really good and free, so you should sign up.) Don't we know it. Managing Anxiety Without Meds Do you worry excessively? Johns Hopkins [...]