(IBC) Cancer Treatment Options (Inflammatory Breast Cancer) (Hyperthermia) vci.org Inflammatory Breast Cancer Treatment survival, came back to visit Valley Cancer Institute, after 3 years of finishing her Hyperthermia combined with low radiation dose (IMRT). She was offered the standard treatment care of radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery (mastectomy) (all together) which she refused, because she was [...]
Because Inflammatory Breast Cancer is so aggressive it requires an multidisciplinary approach to treatment. The standard for treatment of IBC requires Chemotherapy, Surgery and Radiation Therapy. Learn more about Inflammatory Breast Cancer treatment at MD Anderson www.mdanderson.org
In the fight against cancer, every little bit matters. Duke Medicine’s Radiation Oncology Clinic offers patients a more precise way to battle tumors with the Novalis TX system, the latest technology for radiosurgery to target brain tumors and other tumors. Duke was the first in the world to offer this precision tool to patients. John [...]
This is my first follow up with the doctors since completing my first cycle of cancer treatment. There is a lot of technical talk This is my first follow up with the doctors since completing my first cycle of cancer treatment. There is a lot of technical talk here, but I guarantee you that if [...]
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 Associate in Philadelphia, advises patients to speak up about both.
Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy and TomoTherapy®. The major differences between external radiation and brachytherapy are with external radiation, like TomoTherapy®, you have the radiation coming from the outside into the tumor, explains Dr. Kelly. With brachytherapy, we put a catheter into the tumor and a radioactive pellet goes into the catheter. Youre radiating the tumor [...]