Cancer Patient Conditions in HydroWorx Physical Therapy Pool
*Visit our extensive video library at www.hydroworx.com Lise Kraemer’s life changed when doctors found a tumor in her left lung. The lung was removed immediately, along with 26 lymph nodes. Despite the emergency surgery, the cancer had quickly metastasized to her brain and left hip. Lise underwent surgery and braved radiation on her brain and hip for six weeks, only to find that another tumor had developed in her right leg. Now Lise is on successful chemotherapy. She’s just begun aquatic therapy in the HydroWorx physical therapy pool at ACCUA in Savage, MN. The rehab pool provides an effective workout without any pounding on her compromised lower body.
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Proton Beam Therapy at Siteman Cancer Center
A technology some think will revolutionize radiation therapy for some cancer patients has arrived to the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University and their Kling Center for Proton Therapy. For more information, visit bjhne.ws
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For more information on proton therapy: mdanderson.org 17-year-old Addison Marshall received proton therapy in the summer of 2011 for acute lymphocytic leukemia. During his 16 days of radiation treatment, Addison documented his experience with a flip camera. Watch this video for a deeper look into a day-in-the-life of a teenage proton therapy patient.
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Philadelphia CyberKnife: Radiation Therapy
Philadelphia CyberKnife treats several different types of malignant and benign tumors in the brain, spine, lung, liver, pancreas, prostate, kidney and eye. Lung tumors, brain tumors and prostate cancer are some of the center’s most frequently treated diseases. Most insurance plans and Medicare are accepted. In partnership with the Crozer-Keystone Health System and US Radiosurgery/Alliance Oncology, Philadelphia CyberKnife is a service of Delaware County Memorial Hospital and is located off the hospital’s main campus at 2010 West Chester Pike in Havertown, Penn. Contact Philadelphia CyberKnife at (610) 446-6850 or visit www.phillycyberknife.com for more information.
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The Sun as a prostate cancer therapy option?
Question by cannedguds: The Sun as a prostate cancer therapy option?
Can somebody tell me if this is true? Someone told me a long time ago that one of the best prostate cancer treatment is the sun. I was just wondering right now if it’s true. Thank you very much.
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Answer by well wisher
Absolute wrong info./myth.
How cancer can be treated with Sun?
Please do not propagate such false knowledge.
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Can radiation therapy in humans affect their pets?
Question by Peekaboo: Can radiation therapy in humans affect their pets?
My grandmother was recently diagnosed with uterine cancer and is doing a daily radiation treatment. I don’t know many of the details, sorry. To make it short: she was diagnosed with stage 1 uterine cancer, had a hysterectomy, and began radiation recently.
Her dog, a tea cup chihuahua has stopped eating, stopped sitting with my grandmother and is just not her normal self. Is this because of the treatment? Should the dog be taken away from my grandmother while she is going through the treatment?
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Answer by Frank
The dog could be reacting to the way your grandmother is acting. Or the dog could be reacting to drugs that your grandmother is taking. The radiation therapy is not detectable by humans or animals.
For whatever reason, the dog knows something is wrong. It may be best to move the dog if the dog won’t sit with your grandmother, but if you can find a way to get the dog to eat a little, then keeping the dog with grandma might be a comfort to her.
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Is Radiation Therapy a good field to get into?
Question by SistaGirl: Is Radiation Therapy a good field to get into?
I want to become a radiation therapist… Just need opinions about working with cancer patients everyday? Any Radiation Therapist out there? Do you feel like crying everyday?
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Answer by ChemoAngel
I LOVED my Radiation therapists. 
They were sweet!!! It took the fear and monotony out of going for treatment every day. No they weren’t crying at all, they were smiling and upbeat all the time. It was actually nice to see them! I am sure it will be a very rewarding career for you.
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Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
This medical animation illustrates Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). When this treatment is administered, beams of radiation strike the tumor target after passing through a component in the IMRT machine which acts much like a filter. It shapes the radiation beams to the size and contour of the tumor. This helps to keep the radiation distribution tightly controlled, avoiding healthy tissue close to the tumor. IMRT can treat difficult-to-reach tumors in areas such as the spine, head, neck, prostate, lung, liver and brain.
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why are antioxidants counter indicated with radiation therapy?
Question by : why are antioxidants counter indicated with radiation therapy?
a friend who has started radiation therapy was advised by her doctor not to take antioxidants.
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Answer by confused mom
It is not a good idea to take to many herbal supplements when you are getting chemo or radiaiton. Radiaiton can effect your bone marrow. Herbal therapy can also lower your blood counts. Most doctors will suggest that you stop while getting treatment. If your counts drop to low due to herbal meds they may have to take a break from treatment which you do not want.
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How uncomfortable were your side effects from radiation therapy?
Question by Lollipop26: How uncomfortable were your side effects from radiation therapy?
I’m wondering how bad it really feels. I have heard it is like a bad sunburn with blisters… Did you have to wear different types of clothing due to the pain? My radiation is for Cervical Cancer and I’m just trying to get a heads up on what I am really going to feel like and for how long…
I will be having daily radiation treatments for 5 1/2 weeks and Chemo for 6 weeks.
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Answer by Tarkarri
Radiation treatment for different areas is done differently.
I had mine for cancer in my breast, daily treatment, 5 days a week for 5 weeks, ended up loosing layers of skin in the area treated (ouch!)
My sister had hers for uterine cancer, it was done intravaginally, single 24hour dosage which took more than 24 hours as it needed to be turned off whenever anyone else entered the room, eg meal deliveries, nurse for toilet requirements etc.
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Q&A: What are some tips to surviving radiation therapy?
Question by nutritionist34: What are some tips to surviving radiation therapy?
I have a close friend going through radiation. 15 rounds and them more after that with a different machine.
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Answer by hallow s
a positive attitude and a lot of blind faith.
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Is there a difference between a Radiation Therapy Technologist and a Radiation Therapist ?
Question by : Is there a difference between a Radiation Therapy Technologist and a Radiation Therapist ?
The reason I am asking this question is I was looking at the AART website and under radiation therapy programs they have a college listed (Galveston College) that provides you a degree in Radiation Therapy Technology
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Answer by RadTech – BAS RT(R)(ARRT)
ARRT, not AART
It’s the same thing. You can become a radiation therapist through a radiation therapy technology program.
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My husband’s last day of radiation therapy was on Thursday and he is so tired is this normal?
Question by monkeywhispers725: My husband’s last day of radiation therapy was on Thursday and he is so tired is this normal?
He doesn’t want to eat and all he does is sleep and I am worried he will get phemonia. He has terminal cancer and we just found out about it on the 12th. He has lung cancer that has spread to his lungs and bones.
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Answer by Lordpercywooster
yes both chemo and radiation is given to you cant stand it anymore, they judge it perfectly in most cases
the pain will start in a few weeks as the muscle and tissue is burnt by radiation and it takes a while for it to work through
chemo next?
my wife is dieing of breast cancer
sucks doesnt it
email me if you want more info on this cancer induced hell
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TONG REN THERAPY on Fox News
Stage four cancers, fatal heart diseases — even paralysis. People with these conditions are all flocking to one man, right here in Massachusetts, who they believe is a miracle worker. Tong Ren energy healing was developed by Tom Tam as a therapy for internally healing a patient’s energy system by using the collective unconscious. In the winter of 2001, Tom successfully healed a client with lung cancer by using energy healing exclusively. After that, Tom set up a healing class for cancer patients and, at the same time, took the opportunity to train his students in this healing technique. By February 2002, the first healing class began. During the next four years, more than 10000 people have attended Tong Ren Group Healing classes all over the world. As of late, the class has drawn people with diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Diabetes, RSD, and HIV/AIDS – to name a few. Fox news on Tong Ren : youtube.com Tom Tam Tom Tam offers multiple training seminars every year in Quincy, MA (USA) Details at: www.tongrenworld.com View the whole Tong Ren youtube library at youtube.com www.tongrenworld.com
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Gene therapy improves stem cell transplantation
Dutch tv journal of 15 June 2006 about new method to prevent immune reactions after cell transplantation. Suicide genes form the basis of a strategy for making cancer cells more vulnerable, more sensitive to chemotherapy. The approach has been to attach parts of genes expressed in cancer cells to other genes for enzymes not found in mammals that can convert a harmless substance into one that is toxic to the tumor. Most suicide genes mediate this sensitivity by coding for viral or bacterial enzymes that convert an inactive drug into toxic antimetabolites that inhibit the synthesis of nucleic acid. Suicide genes must be introduced into cells in ways that ensure their uptake and expression by as many cancer cells as possible, while limiting their expression by normal cells. Suicide gene therapy for cancer requires the vector to have the capacity to discriminate between target and nontarget cells, between the cancer cells and normal cells. acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, ALL, AML, ANLL, anemia, blast crisis, blasts, blood, bone marrow, cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, CLL, CML, erythrocytes, granulocytes, hematopoiesis, hematopoietic stem cells, leukocytes, lymphoid lineage, lymphoid stem cells, myelocytic leukemia, myeloid lineage, myeloid stem cells, platelets, red blood cells, RBCs, thrombocytopenia, white blood cells, WBCs, hairy cell leukemia, human T-cell leukemia, chemotherapy …
Millions of British people are at risk of developing serious health conditions because of low vitamin D levels declares a new scientific review commissioned by the Health Supplements Information Service (HSIS). Despite the proven health benefits of vitamin D, about three quarters of British adults fail to reach even their basic requirements thanks to poor dietary intakes and a lack of sun in this country. Now nutrition experts are calling for the shortfall in our diets to be made up by improved dietary intakes and vitamin D supplementation. As studies show, supplementation has a guaranteed effect on vitamin D status. In this latest study review, called Health Impacts of Vitamin D: Are We Getting Enough?, independent researchers analysed the current evidence surrounding vitamin D. The aims were to identify the main health benefits associated with the vitamin and to explore issues surrounding optimal daily intakes. Leading dietitian, Dr Carrie Ruxton, and senior lecturer in Human Nutrition at Manchester Metropolitan University, Dr Emma Derbyshire, reviewed more than 100 published research papers relating to the potential power of vitamin D, mechanisms to explain its benefits, vitamin D intakes and recommendations. Their paper will be published in the June issue of Nutrition Bulletin, the journal of the British Nutrition Foundation. Scientific research suggests that vitamin D plays an important role in helping combat a host of serious health conditions, including cancer …
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Can a person have radiation therapy with a defibrilator installed in their heart?
Question by brooke_blundell: Can a person have radiation therapy with a defibrilator installed in their heart?
My dad has many heart attacks. He has one good artery left and the 13 small branches are diseased. He had the defibrillator put in a year ago. And yesterday was diagnosed with Adnoid Carcinoma and they have to radiation or so that is what I have read. Could someone please tell me if he can possible even due radiation.
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Answer by chattterus
I am not a doctor, but I have a very hard time believing that he couldn’t have radiation therapy. Even if the target was right beneath the defibrillator generator in the shoulder, they can remove the generator, a very simple procedure, hook the leads up to an external defibrillator unit and perform the radiation therapy. The unit can be reinstalled after. Expensive but very possible.
More than likely they will just shield the unit in another way, and do what needs to be done.
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Infusion Therapy Center: UMGCC Nurse Practitioner
In this nine-minute video, Julie Schuetz, CRNP, nurse practitioner for the Outpatient Infusion Therapy Center in the Stoler Pavilion at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, presents an overview of the Infusion Therapy Center, including important questions to ask before an appointment, what to expect during an appointment and support services available to patients at all times. Other topics discussed in this video include common misconceptions about receiving chemotherapy treatments, recommendations for patient appointments and the different types of chemotherapy regiments offered. Important contact information for the Infusion Therapy Center is also provided. Related Links: University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center www.umgcc.org Nurse Practitioners at UMMC www.umm.edu UMGCC Stoler Pavilion www.umgcc.org Infustion Therapy Center FAQ www.umgcc.org Chemotherapy Preparation www.umgcc.org Distributed by Tubemogul.
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MCG Health – Georgia Radiation Therapy Center
MCG Health discusses the Georgia Radiation Therapy Center and how radiotherapy at MCG works
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Describe in layman’s terms how radiation therapy works?
Question by : Describe in layman’s terms how radiation therapy works?
I am completely lost.
“Describe layman’s terms how radiation therapy works and what it can do with relationship to the types of equipment available.”
Any help would be appreciated.
=S
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Answer by OldPilot
Radiation is generally used to treat cancer. All cancer treatments (vs surgeries which just tries to remove the cancer without removing so much healthy tissue that the patient dies.) is simply killing cells, Chemotherapy drugs are deadly poisons. The goal is to kill all the cancer cells before the patient dies. The goal with radiation is the same. Kill with radiation the cancer without doing so much damage that the patient dies.
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What to expect with chemo & radiation therapy?
Question by Dawn: What to expect with chemo & radiation therapy?
My mother was recently diagnosed with small cell stage 4 lung cancer. She has had 2 radiation treatments & starts chemo tomorrow.
She is expected to come home in 4 days & I plan on staying with her & my dad to help out. I am wondering about what to expect in reguards to her behavior once home. Will she be sleepy, feeling sick, grumpy, lazy…etc…?
I would appreciate any stories or facts you have about your experiences. Thank you!
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Answer by Prasad K
yes you r correct with radiation & chemo pt suffers a lot but must accept these unwanted effects like severe nausea vomiting loss of appetite extreme weakness sleeplessness depression Weight loss what ever they you may need patience and hope on god
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GRACEcast-074_Lung-Cancer_CCILC – Adjuvant Therapy for Smaller Node-Negative NSCLC
cancergrace.org Case-based discussion with multiple lung cancer experts on whether to recommend post-operative (adjuvant) chemotherapy for a patient with a 4+ cm non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumor with some high risk features.
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