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t r u t h o u t | Cancer in Iraq Vets Points to Toxic Exposure

Sent to Walter Reed with oral cancer in April 2005, he underwent his first extensive and disfiguring surgery, removing half his tongue to get to tumors in the mouth and throat. A second surgery followed a month later to clear out more …

t r u t h o u t | Cancer in Iraq Vets Points to Toxic Exposure

Sent to Walter Reed with oral cancer in April 2005, he underwent his first extensive and disfiguring surgery, removing half his tongue to get to tumors in the mouth and throat. A second surgery followed a month later to clear out more …

The Leonard Lopate Show: Please Explain: Melanoma – WNYC

We will learn about the disease’s most serious form, melanoma , with Dr. Anna Pavlick, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Dermatology at New York University Medical Center, and Dr. Margaret Tucker, a melanoma researcher and Chief of the …

Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Extensive Small-Cell Lung …

Small-cell lung cancer constitutes nearly 13% of all newly diagnosed lung cancers.1 Most patients present with extensive disease, and without treatment, the median survival is 2 to 4 months. Chemotherapy has improved short-term survival …

Exercise, caffeine can fight skin cancer

“With the stronger levels of UVB radiation evident today and an upward trend in the incidence of skin cancer among Americans, there is a premium on finding novel ways to protect our bodies from sun damage.” …