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Despite incredible advancements in cancer care, pancreatic cancer, one of the most hard-to-treat types of cancer, continues to vex doctors and researchers.
A gastroenterologist is often an important member of a cancer care team, even if the patient doesn't have a GI cancer.
Radiation therapy has been fine-tuned to help improve patients’ outcomes and reduce the risk of developing a secondary cancer.
To battle hair loss caused by chemotherapy, some patients, hospitals and infusion centers are turning to cooling caps to help protect hair cells during and after treatment.
Most of the time, neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapies refer to chemotherapy and radiation therapy, but they can refer to other forms of treatment, too, like hormone therapy and immunotherapy.
These doctors found their passion for patient care through the events and relationships that helped shaped their lives.
Cytokine release syndrome may occur as a reaction to immunotherapy drugs for cancer.
CAR T doesn’t always eradicate the disease and it may still progress in a significant number of patients following treatment.
While radiologists are focused on diagnosing cancer, radiation oncologists are focused on treating it.
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