All Blog Posts Tagged 'Cancer' (10)

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Light The Night Walk recently named Miranda Cosgrove as the National Ambassador for the Light 

The Night Walks that will take place across North America this fall.  View a video featuring Miranda Cosgrove here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBxJE7Ule4A 

Cosgrove, known for her singing and acting in roles in television and movies such as…

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As a disease that annually takes the lives of more people than breast, prostate, colon and pancreatic cancers combined, lung cancer will kill more than 156,000 people in the United States this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Additionally, about a quarter of a million people will face a lung cancer diagnosis.

 

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month — a time to take action, quit smoking, educate loved ones and raise awareness for the leading cause of cancer…

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BOULDER, Colo. — Bradley Schuller, Ph.D. and physicist with Boulder-based Rocky Mountain CyberKnife, recently presented research findings from a pilot study conducted in conjunction with Mountain Radiation Oncology Consultants at the 53rd annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Vancouver.

 

The study examined the calculation of cumulative biological effective dose (BED) distributions in multi-modality cancer treatment plans, specifically…

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Patients are often overwhelmed with medical information once they have been diagnosed with cancer. Many do not fully understand the risk of infection during chemotherapy and the potential impact it has on one’s overall treatment success. 

 

To encourage cancer patients and their caregivers to actively work with their physicians to learn what can be done to lower the risk of infection before starting chemotherapy,…

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April is Cancer Control Month, an opportunity Rocky Mountain CyberKnife and Boulder Cancer Care are using to encourage healthy lifestyles, remind people to visit their primary care physician regularly and stress the importance of screenings and early detection of cancer.

 

And cancer control is an issue worth addressing, especially in Boulder County where the…

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Rocky Mountain CyberKnife celebrates its eight-year anniversary this month with the announcement of several CyberKnife program milestones achieved since opening in 2003. Initially formed through a partnership between Boulder Community Hospital and US Radiosurgery, Rocky Mountain CyberKnife was… Continue

Award-winning actresses Edie Falco and Cynthia Nixon appear in a new Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) public service campaign (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9avVoQB2_rQ) to educate cancer patients and their loved ones about the increased risk of infection during cancer treatment and the importance of learning how to manage one’s risk.



Often patients are overwhelmed with medical information once they have been… Continue

Entertainment Industry Foundation announced today the launch of a heart-wrenching video to raise awareness of Lee National Denim Day, one of the largest single-day fundraisers benefiting the Women’s Cancer Programs of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF). The video, entitled “Share Your Heart”, encourages people to participate in Denim Day by sharing intimate stories of their courageous fight with breast… Continue

Across the country, large quantities of Armour® Thyroid are on backorder. Many pharmacies report having difficulty filling prescriptions until new Armour® Thyroid shipments reach distributors, drugstores and pharmacies. But if you live in Colorado and rely on the hormone replacement therapy, there is a solution. PenCol Compounding Pharmacy, located at 1325 S. Colorado Boulevard Suite B-024, has the medication in stock and can fill any prescription.… Continue

Lynda Larsen is many things, a business owner of Bald Lady Coffee, a wife, a friend and a breast cancer survivor. Her primary battle with breast cancer began a few years ago when she was diagnosed. Her double mastectomy saved her life, yet there were some complications with radiation treatments that disfigured her initial breast reconstruction. Grateful for her life, she still struggled with the battle of feeling marked and scarred.Earlier this year, Boulder Plastic Surgery surgeons Dr. Hans… Continue