Lung Cancer Prognosis
Prognosis deals with predicting about the way a disease spreads and its possible outcomes. Prognosis includes chances of recovery from the disease too. These are two aspects for prognosis of any disease. When a patient approaches a doctor with symptoms of lung cancer, the patient is advised to go through some tests to confirm detection. After analyzing the test results, doctors are able to ascertain the stage to which cancer has reached. Every st Read More...
Drug Treatment Centers
Drug addiction is a very serious illness, which can lead to depression, hopelessness, and sometimes death. People use or rather misuse drugs for various reasons; sometimes they are used for legitimate pain problems and other times for their euphoric effects. Generally, once addicted, the person develops an increasing tolerance for the drug and needs more of it to achieve the desired effect. Withdrawal from drugs becomes more and more difficult as Read More...
Residential Alcohol Treatment Centers
About 14 million Americans abuse alcohol on a regular basis. It is commonly believed that these people have an illness, referred to as alcohol dependence. Alcohol dependence is curable. If one has the will, the cure often lies with alcohol treatment centers scattered all over the nation.
Often, an individual may not be able to overcome alcohol abuse by himself and may suffer withdrawal symptoms as he attempts to do so by simply cutting back on h Read More...
Open House at Gulf Coast Cancer Treatment Center Introduces Elekta Synergy® to Community Gulf Coast Cancer Treatment Center, the area's only American College of Radiology-accredited radiation oncology center, introduces the Elekta Synergy system. Â The new technology will be showcased at the center's Open House on Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Â Gulf Coast Cancer Treatment Center is located at 2100 State Avenue in Panama City. Â Radiation oncologists Dr. D.B. Read More...
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Radiation Oncology Services Of America, Inc. To Work With Washington University On Quality Assurance Initiative Radiation Oncology Services of America, Inc. (ROSA), a subsidiary of Ambulatory Services of America, Inc. (ASA), announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine to embark on a Cooperative Quality Assurance Project. In this project, the Washington University Department of Radiation Oncology will ... Read More...
Stand Up To Cancer Telethon Event on Sept. 10 The Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) telecast on September 10 at 8PM EST, on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and a host of cable channels, will raise funds that will accelerate innovative cancer research. Read More...
Health Scene calendar American Red Cross Blood Drives -- Martinez: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, 2500 Alhambra Ave. Appointments, 800-733-2767, www.redcrossblood.org (code: ccrmc)).Walnut Creek: noon-5 p.m Sept. 8. John Muir Medical Center, Ball Auditorium, 1601 Ygnacio Valley Road. Appointments, 800-733-2767, www.redcrossblood.org (code ... Read More...
Swiss Breast Cancer Patient Becomes First in World to Receive Treatment Using Gated RapidArc from Varian Medical Systems BELLINZONA, Switzerland, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- A 51-year-old breast cancer patient from Switzerland has become the first person in the world to be treated using Gated RapidArc®, which makes it possible to monitor patient breathing and compensate for tumor motion while quickly delivering radiotherapy during a continuous rotation around the patient. This development from Varian Medical Systems ... Read More...
Cellerant Therapeutics signs contract with BARDA to develop CLT-008 therapy for ARS Cellerant Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel hematopoietic stem cell-based cellular and antibody therapies for blood disorders and cancer, announced today that it has signed a contract valued at up to 3 million over five years with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response ... Read More...