Cancer Awareness
CML A Success Story
Patients with the diagnosis of CML or Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia prior to the year 2000 had an average survival of six years with bone marrow… Continue Reading
Malignant Melanoma
Since summer is approaching I would like to talk a little about malignant melanoma, a potentially devastating disease if not caught in the early stages…. Continue Reading
New Therapeutic Option In CLL
CLL is the most common form of leukemia in western countries. It is a disease of the elderly. The average age at diagnosis is 70.It… Continue Reading
Smoking Causes More Than Lung Cancer
The classic New Year’s resolutions are to diet and quit smoking. In case anyone needs help to rationalize smoking cessation, here are two lesser-known cancers… Continue Reading
Progress Of Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
First of all most lung cancers can be prevented by not smoking or smoking cessation and this is a well-known fact. The reality is that… Continue Reading
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer in general is a disease of the elderly and screening has been a big topic of medical conversation and controversy forever even though… Continue Reading
The Silent Operator
Ovarian cancer is generally detected when it is in stage III or IV. Early detection for this particular cancer is usually an incidental finding because… Continue Reading
Standing Firm For Your Health
It's been nearly one year since the controversial 2009 United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation that women have screening mammography only between the… Continue Reading
The Big "C"…What's It All About?
Thankfully, there have been many wonderful advances in the treatment of cancer and more people are surviving and surviving well. Surgery is less radical, chemotherapy… Continue Reading
Surgery For Skin Cancer
Each year approximately 700,000 people develop skin cancer, making it the most common malignancy. Ten thousand people die each year from skin cancer, mostly from… Continue Reading
