Summer 2005 | CURE

June 17, 2005

While scientists have known for a century that ionizing radiation can cause cancer, modern srudies strive to uncover potential negatives of radiation across the spectrum.

June 17, 2005

History of radiation research, discovery, and progress, including the first uses of radiation as cancer therapy.

June 17, 2005

Cancer develops because of permanent changes in a person's genes. Environmental factors, including various types of radiation exposure, are responsible for gene alterations that scientists are just beginning to understand.

June 17, 2005

Tips on how to prevent exposure to radon in your home, UV rays from the sun, and radiofrequency from cell phones.

June 17, 2005

Not all patients with CML are similar. Doctors have used a variety of scoring systems to assess the stage and risk of a newly diagnosed CML patients.

June 17, 2005

Swapping of genetic material between chromosomes 9 and 22, a chromosomal translocation called the Philadelphia chromosome, causes CML.

June 17, 2005

So, getting cancer was a gift? Your life is better because of it? People ask me these questions all the time, and they’re not easy to answer.

June 17, 2005

In the early 1950s, Stanley Cohen, MD, began working on nerve growth factors, which are involved in the development of the nervous system.

June 17, 2005

Teenage cancer diagnosis marked the path for this survivor.

June 17, 2005

Cancer patients are using web-based diaries to share treatment experiences. But some advise caution.

June 17, 2005

If You're Game, getting into the biogosphere is fairly easy to do, you just need to register with a blog site such as www.blogger.com, set up your page and start typing.

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I am awed when I consider that billions of electrical impulses traversing networks of computers worldwide have created a haven for people who share a terrifying disease.

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The Term Insider trading can apply to both legal and illegal conduct.

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For head and neck cancer patients, treatment creates unique issues.