Tag Archives: chemotherapy

By Liz Szabo In the past four years, Bruce Mead-e has undergone two major surgeries, multiple rounds of radiation and chemotherapy to treat his lung ...

Six-year-old Jimmy Spagnolo — dressed in Superman gear — broke into an awesome celebratory dance as he beat his krypotnite.  After a yearlong chemotherapy treatment ...

A certain type of medical scan can be used to help spare some Hodgkin lymphoma patients from the severe side effects of chemotherapy, a new ...

If you have cancer, chances are your outpatient chemotherapy treatment costs are higher if your oncologist works for a health care system than if she ...

Children who survive cancer may face a higher risk of heart disease as adults, new research suggests. The lingering effects of the treatments that saved ...

The sooner early stage breast cancer patients have surgery following their diagnosis, and chemotherapy after their surgery, the better their chances of survival, two new ...

Researchers say they’re zeroing in on factors that may increase the risk of leukemia after breast cancer treatment. The findings are a step forward in ...

Chemotherapy at the start of hormone therapy can extend the lives of men with prostate cancer that has spread beyond the gland, a new study ...

Cancer patients who do rehabilitation before they begin treatment may recover more quickly from surgery, chemotherapy or radiation, some cancer specialists say. But insurance coverage for cancer ...

The two main reasons for patients with metastatic cancer to undergo chemotherapy are to live longer and to live better.  A new study has found that ...