Rare Kidney Cancer Afflicting Young Children in Marine City, Michigan
A rare form of kidney cancer known as Wilm's tumor has been found in five children in the last four years in the small town of Marine City, Michigan. The most recent [...]
New Study Supports View That Early Mammography Screening Reduces Death Rate From Breast Cancers
An article published in the journal Cancer suggests that mammograms can cut the breast cancer death rate by as much as 26% for women in their 40s. [...]
Six Breast Cancer Myths Busted
As Breast Cancer Awareness month winds down, I thought that I would write once more about breast health. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the questions [...]
Tony Gwynn Reveals Parotid Salivary Gland Cancer Diagnosis, Links it to Chewing Tobacco Use
Former San Diego Padres great Tony Gwynn recently revealed that he has parotid salivary gland and that he believes it was caused by his long-term chewing tobacco use. [...]
Florida Lacrosse Scrimmage Gives Dying Dad His Final Wish
I couldn't help but be touched by this story. Initially, I was drawn to the lacrosse headline, as my son Max played the game beautifully at East Lansing High [...]
CT Perfusion Scans: Patients Experience Hair-Loss Ring from Radiation Overexposure
Imagine losing your hair in a narrow ring around your head, for reasons unbeknownst to you. Your co-workers avoid you for fear that you have a contagious disease, and on [...]
Radiation Therapy Offers Cure, But Greater Risk for Harm Without Proper Safety Procedures
Scott Jerome-Park's death was agonizing to say the least: the nightmare began when he received a fatal dose of radiation at a New York City hospital which left him deaf, with [...]
Gammagrams – Most Recent Tool To Help Diagnose Breast Cancer
Breast - specific gamma imaging - the gammagram - uses a radioactive injection that lights up tumor cells, which have high metabolic activity. [...]
Veterans File Med Mal Lawsuits Against Philly VA Hospital for Botched Radiation Treatments
Last year I wrote about a “rogue” VA hospital and the large number of veterans that received a new treatment for prostate cancer. That treatment, Brachytherapy is a [...]
The Most Feared Complication of Prostate Biopsy
For men 50 and over, digital rectal exams and PSA (prostate-specific antigen) tests have become a routine part of the annual checkup. These tests can uncover signs [...]
