Cancer
Coping With Cancer, A to Z
From talking with loved ones about it to finding the right doctor to treat the disease, a cancer diagnosis brings with it many questions. Swedish’s newest podcast series, Voices of Cancer (swedish.org, search “Voices of Cancer”), offers guidance. Host Rose Ibarra interviews cancer patients, survivors, doctors and other experts in episodes that have thus far…
Crowdsourcing Cures
!–paging_filter–pWhen an 11-year-old terminal pediatric brain tumor patient named Violet chose to donate her brain to science it inspired brain cancer specialist Jim Olson to rethink how he tackles finding a cure for cancer. He founded a href=”projectviolet.org”Project Violet/a, a program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center by which, for a donation of $100, anyone…
Vitamin E and Selenium: Increased Prostate Cancer Risk?
!–paging_filter–pNew information about supplements vitamin E and selenium, thought to protect against cancer, reveals that they appear to do the opposite in high doses, according a href=”http://www.fhcrc.org/en/news/center-news/2014/02/vitamin-e-selenium-pros…“to a study led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/a.nbsp; Researchers looked at the micronutrients’ effect on 4,856 men that were divided into groups that took them alone, took…
Cancer Specialties: Medical Oncology
Physicians with subspecialties in treating cancer can also be found under listings for Colon & Recta
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY David M. Aboulafia, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., 206.223.6193, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of Michigan Medical School, 1983; AIDS/HIV, general hematology, AIDS-related cancers, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma Frederick R. Appelbaum, M.D., Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Ave. E, 206.288.7222, University of Washington Medical Center, Fred…
Top docs ’11: Cancer Specialties – Gynecologic Oncology
Physicians with subspecialties in treating cancer can also be found under listings for Colon & Recta
GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY Charles W. Drescher, M.D., Pacific Gynecology Specialists, 1101 Madison St., Suite 1500, 206.965.1700, Swedish Medical Center, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center; University of Michigan Medical School, 1984; Pap smear abnormalities, gynecologic cancer, gynecologic surgery. Barbara A. Goff, M.D., Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Ave. E, 206.288.7222, University of Washington Medical Center; University…