Radiation treatments

>>>Dr. Margileth: The skin changes that one can see after radiation therapy actually vary quite a bit from patient to patient and quite a bit from the radiotherapy technique that...

The treatment time for this kind of treatment varies slightly, depending on the patient and how many fields we want to treat. The overall appointment time is usually about ten minutes. That's...

>>> DR. DAVID S. HANSON: Oftentimes patients under treatment for lung cancer are concerned about the effects their therapy may have on their body and this is entirely appropriate....

>>>Dr. Margileth: One of the advances in breast cancer that has taken place in the last 10 years or so is the concept of neoadjuvant chemotherapy or giving the therapy prior to...

Hi my name is Karen Selby, a Patient Advocate at The Mesothelioma Center. Welcome to this week’s “What Does That Really Mean?” Today we’ll be discussing two types of treatment used for cancer,...

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When I have the opportunity to talk to a patient about their diagnosis with Hodgkin's disease or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, we generally talk about the process that leads to the correct...