May
26th
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News story about using hyperthermia as a treatment for breast cancer.Hyperthermia therapy is a treatment used in battling cancer by heating tumors. The Heating is about as warm as a hot tub. Research has shown that heat can damage or kill cancer cells in some tumors while also making radiation and chemotherapy more effective. While it has been known for hundreds of years that fevers can kill cancer, only recently has technology been developed that can control and focus heat specifically on …
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Changes in your appearance and/or your sex life after breast cancer treatment may well bring you down. Psychologist Helen Coons, PhD, clinical director of Women’s Mental Health ociate in Philadelphia, advises patients to speak up about both.
Amber Guth, MD, a breast surgeon at NYU Medical Center, says that wider options for breast cancer treatment mean your own preferences about hospital visits, recovery, and appearance can come into play more than ever.
This is two separate news stories about one breast cancer patient. One is during her hyperthermia treatment and one is afterwards.
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UCSF’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute presents this series exploring the latest science about the treatment and management of Cancer. Join Hope S. Rugo, MD, clinical professor of medicine; co-director, Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, for a look at advances in the detection and treatment of breast cancer. Series: “UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public” [1/2006] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11311]
This is Michele Hyra, mom to two little girls, wife to Matt, and fighting breast cancer every day. In July 2007, she was told she had 11 months to live. She’s still here. Hear the story of her Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer with lymph node involvement and extensive metastasis to the skeleton. Listen as Michele shares how she found her first lumps, talked to her daughters about breast cancer, proposes huge changes to the medical system, and has found peace in the midst of it all. Presented by Trusera, the online network where you can find and share real-world experiences with others who have been there. Come. Listen. Share.
Breast Cancer is very successfully treated at http://vci.org Valley Cancer Institute, using Heat Treatment, Hyperthermia, in conjunction with low radiation dose, Hyper fractionation. Superficial tumors like Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Prostate, head and neck, and skin cancer are successfully treated with Hyperthermia, at the VCI in Los Angeles, California, since 1985. No drugs, surgery or high radiation dose is used. FDA approved, and paid by most insurances. Side effects are minimum or none.