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Medical Update
New research confirms that brachytherapy, an advanced cancer treatment where radioactive seeds are placed in or near the tumor, is an effective treatment for prostate cancer. The study shows that 96 percent of the participants survived the disease a decade after treatment.
Medical Mailbox
Dear Dr. SerVaas: A friend of mine has thyroid cancer called Hürthle. I understand this is a rare type of cancer. The doctors treating her are not really familiar with this, and we have been unable to find information concerning this type of cancer. Can you be of any help?
Medical Mailbox
Dear Dr. SerVaas: My aunt has colon cancer. She is also on kidney dialysis. I would like to donate my kidney for her. I would like to know if it is possible for her to qualify to get on a list for a kidney transplant. Is there any problem being on the kidney transplant list if one has colon cancer?
Medical Mailbox
Pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Company recently reported that the experimental drug Alimta shows promise in treating a common form of lung cancer.
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Dear Dr. SerVaas: I subscribe to the Post and thoroughly read the "Medical Mailbox" portion. I greatly appreciate the information I have learned in reading this part of the magazine. I have been helped by just reading the articles and have learned solutions or what to ask my doctor that might possibly help in some instances.
Dear Dr. SerVaas: I read an article in the Nov./Dec. 2002 Saturday Evening Post about a possible vaccine for pancreatic cancer. It has raised a question in my mind that you may be able to answer for me.
Dear Dr. SerVaas: I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and am undergoing treatment and surgeries. I would greatly appreciate any information you can provide. I am new to all this and, at age 32, was not at all expecting to have to deal with cancer.
Can an ancient Chinese herb help in the battle against cancer? Researchers at the University of Washington are studying the Chinese herb called artemisinin--extracted from the plant Artemesia annua L., commonly known as wormwood--as a potential cancer treatment.
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