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“Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a common malignant tumor of the head and neck, and recurrence is an important prognostic factor in patients with OSCC. Dear Cancer Coach, I have oral squamous
Continue readingHealing Radiation-induced dysphagia is possible. Remember that the sooner you diagnose it and begin undergoing healing therapies, the better chance you have of healing your own. The medical term for difficulty
Continue readingDysphagia is the medical term for the symptom of difficulty in swallowing. the term is sometimes used as a condition in its own right (multiple myeloma side effects) Dear David- I would like to share my
Continue reading“Xerostomia, or oral dryness, is one of the most common complaints experienced by patients who have had radiotherapy of the oral cavity and neck region.” I underwent local radiation to my
Continue readingDysphagia increased by 11.7% over the 10‐year period. Prevalence was highest after chemoradiation and multimodality therapy. I am not a H & N cancer survivor. I am a survivor of a blood cancer called
Continue readingI’ve written about my cancer, multiple myeloma, since launching PeopleBeatingCancer.org in June of 1994. I began to research and write about my more obvious long-term and late stage side-effects
Continue readingMind-Body Therapy is one of the most inexpensive, convenient, under appreciated yet most effective multiple myeloma therapies available today. With every multiple myeloma diagnosis comes a prognosis. It
Continue readingThe list of health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids (fish oil) listed below may seem endless. And it might seem impossible for daily dose of omega-3 fatty acids to provide all the of the health and multiple
Continue reading“Yes, I am still in CR from my refractory MM and have been since I completed ANP therapy in 4/99. Because I am only only one MM survivor, I will link a summary of ANP for MM below.” Dear David-
Continue readingCurcumin combined with 5-FU led to the lower cell viability and higher apoptosis than 5-FU treated alone. In a human Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma xenograft model, curcumin or 5-FU alone reduced the
Continue readingAccording to research, about half of all cancer patients undergo radiation. One of the most common questions I get is how to protect against radiation damage. According to the study linked and excerpted
Continue reading5-fluorourcil (5-FU) capecitabine kills cancer cells. The problem is this chemotherapy regimen is cardiotoxic which means that it can cause heart damage. The cancer patient’s choice is to either
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