What Doctors Don't Tell YouRadiation is one of the cornerstones of cancer treatment - but it can also cause cancer, as a new study has found.
Chaos and clinical controversy rages at hospitals worldwide over the best way to treat prostate cancer. ...
A special radiotherapy treatment for brain tumours, hailed as a miracle cure by the British press, is far from that, say two leading specialists.
Men with prostate cancer are unlikely to gain any real benefit from androgen suppression procedures, either surgical or pharmacological, which are aimed at controlling male hormones. ...
A new review of the use of radiotherapy for breast cancer, involving 20,000 women, has turned up some worrying findings. ...
NON-HODGKIN: Doing nothing is as good as chemotherapy
Up to 50 per cent of cancer patients will be treated with radiotherapy. It may be used exclusively, or as a back up to chemotherapy or surgery. Like chemotherapy, it comes with its own range of si ...
I’ve recently had surgery for high-grade DCIS, and am now undergoing radiotherapy. After reading WDDTY vol 14 no 11, I am really worried because of all the biopsies and mammograms I’ve had.
The results of two 20-year long studies into breast cancer treatments have shown that breast-conserving surgery results in better outcomes for women.
Those who take the first steps down the rocky road of medical care sometimes find it can be a journey without end. One example is the cancer patient who undergoes the horrors of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Hundreds of thousands of women who have...
