19 Results Related to "Suzanne B. Evans, MD, MPH"

Immunotherapy works in one of two ways—it can boost mechanisms of the immune system so that it has more strength to fight cancer cells. Or, it can target and destroy certain receptors on cancer cells to prevent them from outsmarting the immune system.

Patients with breast cancer may require radiation treatment to the breast, chest wall and lymph nodes.

With internal radiation therapy, the doctor places a source of high-energy, radioactive rays (such as seed implants) inside the body close to cancer cells.

About 17,000 new cases of esophageal cancer occur in the United States each year, most of them in men.

Cancer treatment can cause may changes that affect your sexuality. In this video, a gynecologic oncologist discusses a specialized program that can help.

Half of all people with cancer are treated with radiation therapy. It is effective for treating almost all types of cancer in almost any part of the body.

Lymphomas are cancers caused by white blood cells that reproduce rapidly and uncontrollably. Two types are Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Chronic pain during and after cancer therapies can be extremely difficult. Treatments for cancer-related pain are personalized to the patient.

Watch this video to find out more about how radiologists diagnose breast cancer, using mammography, breast ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Since breast cancer is far more prevalent in women than men, it's important for men to know the symptoms in order to get diagnosed at an early stage.

External radiation therapy, also called external-beam therapy (EBT), uses beams of radiation delivered from a machine outside the body to target a tumor.

Cancer of the plasma cells is known as myeloma. Myeloma is the most rare type of blood cancer.

Today's 3D mammography helps give radiologists a more detailed view to better detect breast cancer. The technology also helps reduce false-positive results.

Hypofractionated radiation therapy is a treatment for patients who have had breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer.

Radiation therapy is often recommended as a follow-up therapy following breast-conserving therapy. Radiation oncologist Meena Moran, MD, explains radiotherapy.

Lung cancer often goes undetected until it has metastasized elsewhere in the body. Find out more about how radiotherapy can be used to treat lung cancer.

Doctors may decide to interfere with hormone production in order to stop cancer from spreading, slow it down or decrease the odds it will come back.

At your next large family gathering, talking about past cancer diagnoses throughout the family tree could provide valuable insight about possible risks of inherited cancers.