Archive for July 16th, 2010

Xoft Announces Exclusive Contract With Premier for Electronic Brachytherapy

Xoft Announces Exclusive Contract With Premier for Electronic Brachytherapy
Premier Inc., an alliance of more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 67,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to achieve high quality, cost-effective care, and Xoft, Inc., the leading provider of FDA-cleared Electronic Brachytherapy Systems, announced the execution of a group purchasing contract. Â Xoft was awarded an exclusive three-year contract for brachytherapy systems with Premier …

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Chemotherapy & Anemia ? Breast Cancer Treatment and Anemia

What Is Anemia ?

Anemia is when your body doesn’t have enough red blood cells. Having anemia can make you feel very tired or weak. Managing Anemia and Symptoms of Fatigue Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are prone to develop anemia. Anemia is a condition affecting your blood that can make you feel tired or weak. This article explains how anemia can develop as a result of CKD, the symptoms of anemia and how anemia is diagnosed. It also provides advice about how to properly manage anemia with your health care team.

Anemia Symptoms & Detection

Anemia and its symptoms usually develop slowly as kidney function decreases and they gradually become worse at making erythropoietin. While initial symptoms may consist of fatigue, weakness and dizziness, as anemia worsens it may result in the development of pale skin, brittle nails, chest pain, coldness in your hands or feet, or an irregular heartbeat.

What is Breast Cancer?

The term breast cancer refers to a malignant tumor that has developed from cells in the breast. The breast is composed of two main types of tissues: glandular tissues and stromal (supporting) tissues. Glandular tissues house the milk-producing glands (lobules) and the ducts (the milk passages) while stromal tissues include fatty and fibrous connective tissues of the breast. The breast is also made up of lymphatic tissue-immune system tissue that removes cellular fluids and waste.

Chemotherapy For Breast Cancer

This section is intended to provide general information on chemotherapy for breast cancer patients and to discuss a variety of possible side effects of chemotherapy drugs. Because chemotherapy regimens are individually tailored, the types of drugs administered and their side effects will vary considerably. While this article discusses many of the side effects of chemotherapy in detail, it is important to note that the majority of the side effects associated with chemotherapy are temporary and only occur during or immediately after treatment. In the vast majority of cases, the benefits of treating cancer with chemotherapy far outweighs the risks or inconveniences of any side effects. Chemotherapy is only one possible treatment for breast cancer and may be used in addition to surgery or other treatments. Patients should discuss all aspects of chemotherapy and breast cancer treatment with their physician or cancer treatment team.

Chemotherapy drugs are tested against various forms of cancer in an effort to find out which drugs work against that particular type of cancer. Multiple drugs, each individually effective against a certain cancer, are often combined to try and maximize the effect against the cancer. Drugs are combined so that there are few overlapping side effects, to make the treatment more tolerable. These combinations are then tested in clinical trials to see how effective they are. If a combination works better than the current “standard” treatment, it will become the new standard therapy

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The Changing Face of Breast Cancer – CLIP

(view in highest quality by clicking on 240p and change it to 480p) This is a 5 minute clip of Deborah Singer’s Telly Award winning documentary, “The Changing Face of Breast Cancer.” Meet Kim and Melanie, two sisters in their 30′s who are battling breast cancer. (WATCH FULL LENGTH VIDEO @ www.youtube.com

Pervasive poison

Pervasive poison
BPA – they’re in plastics, tin can lining, shower curtains … the list goes on.

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Cancer-free Navratilova sets new goal

Cancer-free Navratilova sets new goal
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova is free of cancer and will begin training to climb Mt Kilimanjaro.

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Digital Mammography – Dr. Thomas Getz

Find out more about what digital mammography offers for patients from Spectrum Health’s Dr. Thomas Getz.

Nanotech Medicine, Tumor Tracking, New Technologies, and More –Highlights of the American Association of Physicists …

Nanotech Medicine, Tumor Tracking, New Technologies, and More –Highlights of the American Association of Physicists …
WASHINGTON, July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The 52nd meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) convenes from July 18 – 22, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA.

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Silicon oil appears to protect vision in patients undergoing radiation therapy for ocular melanoma: Study

Silicon oil appears to protect vision in patients undergoing radiation therapy for ocular melanoma: Study
Eye cancer patients face an unenviable dilemma. They must enter treatment knowing that their surgeon’s strategy to kill the deadly tumor with radiation may also sacrifice their eyesight.

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Kingdom Tower (lit pink) – Breast Cancer Awareness

A recording of me driving down King Fahd Highway during the breast cancer awareness campaign launched across the Kingdom. Kingdom Tower lit pink, you can also see the banners posted across a bridge (barely).

Party to raise funds for a cause

Party to raise funds for a cause
Party to raise funds for a cause

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