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...year-old dietitian living in Pittsburg, California, made a remarkable recovery and became tumor-free. But she knew her future was still menacing. Scientists had recognized for several years that ovarian and breast cancer sometimes ran together in families, as if linked in some way. Fisher's oncologist proposed a once unthinkable step: a "prophylactic" double mastectomy. Removing her breasts, the doctor said, could save her life...
According to Dr. Daniel F. Hayes, assistant professor of medicine at the Medical School and a medical oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, BRCA1 was the first gene to be "clearly associated as a cause of common malignancy...
...super-splintered medicine, figuring out which doctor to see has become something of a nightmare. Is there a fire in your midsection? It could be indigestion, gallstones, an exotic infection, stress, maybe even cancer. Should you consult a gastroenterologist, a tropical-disease expert, a psychiatrist or an oncologist? Once a patient climbs onto the specialist merry-go-round, it can be hard to get off. The medical bills mount, and the frustration soars...
Fewkes, a skin oncologist, utilizes the technique in skin cancer and leg ulcer surgery. Removal of skin cancers often creates large holes in the epidermis, or outermost layer of skin, which must be filled in, she says. The treatment of leg ulcers, large skin wounds which do not heal, is based on skin replacement...
...your problems are larger and darker. You have inoperable cancer. You are depressed and frightened. You ask your oncologist whether you should stop smoking or change your diet. He shrugs and looks glum. "If you want to," he says, "but at this point it probably doesn't matter...