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May 4, 2022
Is HIPEC a viable treatment option for ovarian cancer?HIPEC may be of benefit to some patients with ovarian cancer, but the studies conducted so far have been lacking in critical areas to support that conclusion.
April 20, 2022
Patients have options to restore their voice after head and neck cancer treatmentFor patients with head and neck cancers, cancer symptoms and treatment side effects often complicate two innate tasks that are usually taken for granted—speaking and swallowing.
April 13, 2022
From donating to receiving: What you need to know about stem cell and bone marrow transplantsTo treat blood cancers, many oncologists will consider a bone marrow or stem cell transplant to replace the damaged blood cells with new ones.
March 23, 2022
For prostate cancer patients, it’s always good to know the scoreThe Gleason score is a critical calculation designed to help determine the extent of the disease, the aggressiveness of the cancer cells and how it may be treated.
February 23, 2022
Advances in treatments changing outcomes for many melanoma patientsSince the emergence of immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors, the prognoses for those with metastatic melanoma have improved considerably.
February 16, 2022
What’s the difference? Chemotherapy and immunotherapyAmong the most common tools doctors employ are chemotherapy and immunotherapy, cancer-fighting treatments that use very different approaches. How do they differ?
February 15, 2022
Creating a level playing field in the fight against cancerDisparities in cancer risk, incidences and deaths among Americans span many racial, ethnic and socio-economic lines.
February 2, 2022
Now or later: When should you have breast reconstruction surgery?Should you have breast reconstruction surgery, and if so, is it better to do it right away, or should you wait?
January 12, 2022
Your prostate cancer search questions answeredWith the help of Dr. Farshid Sadeghi, Medical Director of Genitourinary Center at CTCA Phoenix, we’ll answer some of the most-asked prostate cancer questions on Google.
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