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October 22, 2007 10:34 AM EDT -- As I practice medicine as a cancer specialist, I realize that though we have learned so much already, we still have so much more to learn.   As I look into my crystal ball, I believe that the . . . more
November 05, 2007 11:16 AM EST -- As a practicing oncologist who recommends biopsies of various tissues on a regular basis, the following report on the benefits of hypnosis for patients undergoing cancer surgery is a welcome one. The . . . more
November 20, 2007 11:43 AM EST -- Mary Jackson (not her real name) is 93 years old, and has been my patient for 35 years.   She stopped school after the 8 th grade. Nevertheless, she is always up on the latest news and is a shrewd . . . more
October 29, 2007 01:57 PM EDT -- Maybe it’s my age, or perhaps I have just seen too much. But every time a new test comes out and is touted as being better than the existing ones, I am excited, but also somewhat skeptical. What . . . more
October 09, 2007 01:52 PM EDT -- “Everything in moderation” is a saying I grew up with, and its still pretty good advice.  Nearly every patient I see who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer or who is concerned about . . . more
October 15, 2007 01:42 PM EDT -- Testing an individual’s DNA, or genetic material, to determine the likelihood that he or she will develop a particular disease has progressed in an almost unbelievable manner in the past ten years. . . . more
October 01, 2007 05:54 PM EDT -- As a cancer specialist, nearly every patient I see has an enormous and often overwhelming interest in understanding what they can do to either prevent cancer or what can be done to lessen or reduce the . . . more
October 21, 2007 02:16 PM EDT -- When my sister and I went to her oncologist last week he told her that she would be taking chemotherapy treatments and chemotherapy pills for the rest of her life. Yes, there may be times that her tumors . . . more
January 04, 2008 04:50 PM EST -- It is not surprising that many patients, and some doctors, too, are confused about the barrage of news stories that abound in the media about cancer. Hardly a day goes by without some headline story about . . . more
February 25, 2008 02:49 PM EST -- As we learn more about the importance of nutrition and diet as related to cancer, vitamin D is often the subject of interesting and important research. Several recent studies have shed light on the potential . . . more
March 03, 2008 10:44 AM EST -- Ovarian cancer is a particularly tough cancer to treat, mostly because it is very hard to diagnose. As the below article, first published in the Harvard Health Letter , discusses, by the time a person . . . more
February 18, 2008 12:03 PM EST -- When a woman gets a mammogram, her doctor examines the x-ray pictures to see if the breast tissue displays characteristics that could indicate the presence of cancer. One of the dilemmas in interpreting . . . more
January 21, 2008 11:49 AM EST -- When talking to patients about reducing their cancer risks, nearly every one asks me about diet and nutrition. For people worried about colon cancer, breast cancer, and especially prostate cancer, I . . . more
November 12, 2007 12:13 PM EST -- There are definitely recurring themes in cancer prevention, and the following tips are worth taking note of—and not only for colon cancer prevention. For example, I have been telling my prostate . . . more
December 03, 2007 05:36 PM EST -- Cancer in a pregnant woman is a devastating—but fortunately relatively uncommon—occurrence. Cancer only rarely complicates pregnancy because, in general, cancer is uncommon in younger women. . . . more
April 01, 2008 12:08 PM EDT -- When you have cancer, it's only natural to focus on the treatment — what it will be, how long it will take, and so on — almost to the exclusion of everything else. But the journey to recovery . . . more
March 17, 2008 04:50 PM EDT -- As daylight's savings brings more daylight into our lives, it's a good time to start thinking about protecting your skin from the sun's rays. Though most people have heard of melanoma, and . . . more
April 14, 2008 09:41 AM EDT -- We've all heard the tales of women and men who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day and lived to be 100 years old—cancer free. And then there are the sad cases of people who smoked very little . . . more
April 28, 2008 04:42 PM EDT -- Whether it come in the form of low tar, low nicotine cigarettes, via a hookah pipe, tobacco and its toxins, is simply and utterly dangerous. The article below, first published in the Harvard Mental . . . more
May 12, 2008 10:42 AM EDT -- As the therapies for various cancers expand, physicians find themselves involved in more and more complex decision making and counseling of patients regarding treatment options. For example, take women . . . more
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