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Look out for AEIOU, Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Therapy Update
Although rare, GPs need to be aware of Merkel cell carcinoma, the most malignant of all skin cancers.
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Breast Cancer Patients’ Radiation Therapy Fears ‘Unfounded’, Study Shows
A study has found almost total agreement from breast cancer patients surveyed that radiation therapy was not as ‘scary’ as they thought beforehand and their fears over their treatment had proved to be misguided. The study, led by a team from the University of California Los Angeles, also ...
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‘Radiation therapy is worth considering’ – a prostate cancer patient’s story
Does radiation therapy hurt? How big an effect will it have on your life? Will you still have good quality of life after treatment? These are some of the questions prostate cancer patients may have. It is expected that about 18,000 men in Australia and 3000 men in New Zealand will be diagnosed ...
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Skin Cancer and Radiation Therapy presentation
Skin Cancer and Radiation Therapy presentation at the Darling Downs Skin Cancer Conference
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Study Outlines Radiation Therapy Benefits For Prostate Cancer Patients
A new study has found prostate cancer patients in New Zealand who chose radiation therapy to treat their cancer encountered comparably low rates of subsequent cancers and further hospital admissions for complications due to treatment. The study, which looked at more than 400 prostate cancer ...
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Don’t Wait To Treat Bowel Cancer
The ‘Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late’ is a campaign running during February by Bowel Cancer Australia aiming to raise awareness of these types of cancer. It is estimated that colorectal cancer – also known as bowel cancer – would become the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in ...
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Debunking Myths About Radiation Therapy
Ahead of World Cancer Day 2018, Targeting Cancer is keen to dispel some of the myths around radiation therapy as a potential cancer treatment. Here is one patient’s account of how radiation therapy not only helped cure his prostate cancer, but did not stop him living his life: When David* was ...
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