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in part because oncologists are interested more in curing cancer than helping patients cope with its effects,

Most oncologists just dont get it, #he said. Its not the focus of their research, and theyre busy people.#

says David Levy, Ph d.,a professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi. It also kills more than half a million nonsmokers annually who have been exposed to secondhand smoke.

but not cancer cells less susceptible to damage from radiation said study co-author Dr. Eliot Rosen a radiation oncologist at Georgetown University in Washington D c. Top 10 Cancer-Fighting Foods Deadly effects

Oncology in Chicago. The amount of lycopene in the diet of the women who consumed lycopene at the highest level in the study would be equal to eating four tomatoes daily said study researcher Dr. Won Jin Ho a medical

and volatile organic compounds and compare the emissions from electronic and conventional tobacco cigarettes said Dr. Goniewicz a researcher and Assistant professor of Oncology in RPCI's Department of Health Behavior.

The result was stunning says Rosen a professor of oncology biochemistry and cell & molecular biology and radiation medicine.

which is published in the Sept. 30 online issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Participants in this Phase III double-blind multicenter study completed a seven day pre-screening phase and 12 weeks of intervention.

The study appears online ahead of print this month in the journal Critical reviews in Oncology/Hematology.

Researchers from the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai the Division of Surgical Oncology at UCLA and the Molecular biology Institute at UCLA also participated in the study.

Undergoing a novel care plan he became a teaching case for veterinary oncologists at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals paving the way to combat cancer in large animals.

Although lymphoma has been documented in swine there aren't any documented cases of pigs being treated for it said Cornell hospital oncologist Cheryl Balkman.

It's a spectacular finding that by implementing these simple tobacco control policies governments can save so many lives said lead author David Levy Phd professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Knowing a tumor's immunogenic disposition could help oncologists know whether to prescribe more or less aggressive treatment regimens

For doctors like Bayard Powell M d. chief of hematology and oncology at Wake Forest Baptist's Comprehensive Cancer Center new drugs designed to enhance anti-tumor immune responses are beginning to play a major

or any other cancer said Edwin M. Posadas MD medical director of the Urologic Oncology Program at Cedars-Sinai's Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute and senior author

His enthusiasm is echoed by Leland W. K. Chung Phd director of the Urologic Oncology Research Program at the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute.

and how they affect cells in our bodies says Scott Kern M d. the Kovler Professor of Oncology and Pathology at the Johns hopkins university School of medicine.

#Higher soy intake prior to lung cancer diagnosis linked to longer survival in womensummary of a study being published online March 25 2013 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology reports that Chinese women who consumed more soy before being diagnosed with lung cancer

The study published March 25 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology provides the first scientific evidence that soy intake has a favorable effect on lung cancer survival.

The above story is provided based on materials by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.

#Toxicity map of brain may help protect cognition for cancer patientsnew research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical center is giving radiation oncologists who treat brain tumors a better understanding of how to preserve the brain's functions while still killing cancer.

Ann M. Peiffer Ph d. assistant professor of radiation oncology at Wake Forest Baptist and colleagues looked at how radiation treatment to different brain areas impacts function to help protect cognition

Individuals were supported also by Wake Forest School of medicine Medical student Research Program Louis Argenta Physician-Scientist Scholarship Fund NIH T32 CA113267 and the Department of Radiation Oncology.

of the Molecular Oncology Department at Moffitt. Current treatments for non-small cell lung cancer include surgery radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

and effectively treat them with smaller radiation fields to spare the rest of their normal brain said lead investigator Michael D. Chan M d. assistant professor of radiation oncology at Wake Forest Baptist.

Recent research findings from Chan and colleagues appeared online last month ahead of print in the American Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Chan said that in the 1990s Wake Forest Baptist's Edward G. Shaw M d. professor of radiation oncology was part of a group that pioneered using smaller margins

when Manuka honey is prescribed for esophagitis pain during radiation therapy (RT) it is not more effective than standard medical care according to research presented today at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO's) 56th Annual Meeting.

so that patients can continue eating their normal diet said lead study author Lawrence Berk MD chief of radiation oncology Morsani School of medicine at the University of South Florida Tampa.

The above story is provided based on materials by American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length l

Novel lung cancer treatment meets with successan old idea of retreating lung tumors with radiation is new again especially with the technological advances seen in radiation oncology over the last decade.

and Oncology and the Journal of Thoracic Oncology outline the treatment success at Wake Forest Baptist. â#oeone of the toughest challenges of lung cancer is

and a radiation oncologist at Wake Forest Baptist. â#oewith some of the technological advances in radiation treatments that have occurred in the last five to 10 years weâ##re beginning to re-look at the issue

I think itâ##s going to allow radiation oncologists to reassess their ability so that maybe they can take risks they werenâ##t willing to take before.

American Society of Clinical Oncology 2014. The state of cancer care in America 2014: a report by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

J. Oncol. Pract. 10 119-142..If left unaddressed in college students there is potential for cancer rates to escalate even higher.

This ratio proved to be a robust marker for prognosis said MD Anderson co-author Anil Sood professor of gynecologic oncology and reproductive medicine and co-director of the Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNA.

and to offer cessation counseling to 99 percent of smokers who expressed a willingness to kick the habit according to a study from Columbia University School of nursing published in Oncology Nursing Forum. â#oethese findings suggest that mobile applications can play a significant role

and grown in the laboratory before being injected under the skin as a vaccine weekly for four weeks and then once every two months according to Jeremy Rudnick MD neuro-oncologist in the Cedars-Sinai Department of Neurosurgery

but we now have a human clinical trial underway to assess safety for further study said John Yu MD vice chair of the Department of Neurosurgery director of surgical neuro-oncology medical director