cancer survivor
Childhood exposure to chemo, radiation does not up birth defects in offspring
A large, retrospective study shows that children of childhood cancer survivors who received prior treatment involving radiation to testes or ovaries and/or chemotherapy with alkylating agents do not have an increased risk for birth defects compared to …
UC Davis surgeons test innovative device in patient with swallowing disorder
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — In what might be one of the world’s first medicinal body piercings, UC Davis Health System surgeons announced today that they have successfully implanted an experimental device in the throat of a man that will enable him to…
Physical symptoms prevalent no matter what stage of cancer including remission
INDIANAPOLIS — Twenty-two physical symptoms associated with cancer — symptoms often unrecognized and undertreated — are prevalent in all types of cancers regardless of whether the patient is newly diagnosed, undergoing treatment or is a …
