Is Oncology always needed for Breast Cancer?
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Series: Breast Care: An Update
Length: 08:28
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Early detection of breast cancers and genetic research has affected the field of oncology, aiding in the decision making process of what kind of chemotherapy should be given a patient or even if it needs to be given at all. In this segment we learn of recent improvements in anti-nausea drugs and a variety of treatments newly available.
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Early detection of breast cancers and genetic research has affected the field of oncology, aiding in the decision making process of what kind of chemotherapy should be given a patient or even if it needs to be given at all. In this segment we learn of recent improvements in anti-nausea drugs and a variety of treatments newly available.
Broadcast History
October 24 2007
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Breast Care: an update
Wednesday, Oct. 24 - Oncology
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One of the fears of having breast cancer is the anticipation of pain and suffering such as what a person has seen someone else experience. Yet, in the last five to ten years advances in early detection, minimally invasive surgeries, and improved methods of radiation treatments and chemotherapies have made it possible to have a very different course for the disease, especially if it is found early.
"All the way from surgery to radiation oncology to chemotherapy the changes have been incredible." (Medical Oncologist Ronald Harris) "I think in a lot of ways the focus of breast cancer has become how much benefit are we going to get from that therapy and is it truly advantageous to give it or receive it."
"Cancers are very unique and they behave differently. That?s why we don?t have only one kind of chem...
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