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Oncolog, Volume 58, Number 11-12, November - December 2013, Amelia Scholtz, Bryan Tutt, Luanne Jorewicz, K Stuyck Nov 2013

Paget Disease of the Breast: A Rare, Often Misdiagnosed Malignancy: A small, scaling rash around the nipple may not be just another case of eczema or dermatitis. Paget disease of the breast, a rare malignancy, is often mistaken for a benign dermatological condition. But Paget disease typically indicates underlying ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive breast cancer
New Partial-Breast Radiation Therapy Regimen Uses Protons: Whole-or partial-breast radiation therapy can reduce a patient's chance of brest cancer recurrence after lumpectomy, but this benefit must be weighed against the risk of damage to healthy tissue
Managing Dental Complications in Patients with Head …

Specialized Care Improves Lives of patients With Head and Neck Lymphedema: A unique program is producing dramatic results for patients with head and neck lymphedema, a side effect of cancer treatment that can interfere with patient's ability to speak, swallow, or breath
Targeted Cancer Therapies May Help Overcome Resistance to Radiation Therapy: Some cancer cells are resilient enough to withstand and recover from the damage to their DNA caused by radiation therapy. But recent studies have shown that adding molecularly targeted agents to radiation therapy can prevent the repair of this radiation-induced damage and therapy improve the treatment response of …

Treating Diabetes in Cancer Patients: Type 2 diabetes is a serious health concern for any patient-but when the patient also has cancer, diabetes may interfere with potentially life-saving cancer treatment
INBRIEF: MET Protein May Serve as a Biomaker for a Treatment-Resistant Colorectal Cancer Subtype
Compass: Penile Cancer- Although curable, localized or regional squamous cell carcinoma of the penis present treatment dilemmas
HOUSE CALL: Stand Up for Your Health- Prolonged sitting may increase your risk for cancer and other disease

Oncolog, Volume 58, Number 06, June 2013, Joe Munch, Amelia Scholtz, Luanne Jorewicz Jun 2013

Addressing Emerging Survivorship Issues in Glioblastoma Patients: An increasing number of glioblastoma patients are becoming '' long-term'' survivors-living 3 or more years after diagnosis
Prediction Tool Helps Determine Whether Older Breast Cancer Patients will benefit from Radiation: A statistical tool is now available to predict the likely individual benefit of radiation therapy for older women who have undergone breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer
Sequential Multidrug Regiman May Offer an Alternative to Standard Cisplatin-Based Therapy for Urothelial Cancer: Cisplatin-based chemotherapy is the standard neoadjuvant treatment for high-risk, surgically resectable, invasive urothelial cancer. But some patients are not good candidates for this …

Robotic Surgery Makes Tissue Harvest for Breast Reconstruction Less Invasive: A new minimally invasive robotic procedure enables surgeons to harvest latissimus dorsi muscle flaps for breast reconstruction with less scarring and discomfort than traditional techniques
Diagnosis and Treatment of Invasive Fungal Infections in patients with Hematological Malingnancies: Invasive fungal infections are important causes of morbidity and death for patients with hematological malignancies. Although much progress has been made in the management of opportunistic fungal infections, their diagnosis and treatment remain a challenge
INBRIEF: Beta-Blocker Use Associated With Higher Survival Rates in Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy/ Selumetinib Shows Promise …

Emerging Vaccines Take Aim at Preventing Recurrent Breast Cancer: Myriad advances have been made in the treatment of breast cancer, and cures are achieved in many patients. However, there are still patients whose cancer recurs, and most of these patients will die of their disease. This indicates a need for other therapies that can be used to prevent recurrent disease. One potential option is breast cancer vaccines.
Compass: Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Concomitant liver disease affects treatment options
HOUSE CALL: Music Therapy-Music therapists help cancer patients manage stress and side effects

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