May is National Brain Tumor Awareness Month. Driven by advancement in research, surgical techniques, genetic discoveries, and much more, it has never been a better time to take action on brain tumors. The National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS), an organization whose mission is to unrelentingly invest in, mobilize, and unite our community to discover a […]
Louisville CyberKnife announced that radiation oncologist Alden Klarer, M.D. has joined their cancer care treatment team. Dr. Klarer received her medical doctorate from the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, where she also completed her internship and residency. Dr. Klarer has had a strong interest in the field of oncology since taking her first job after college […]
Lung cancer often spreads to the brain. About 10 percent of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have brain metastases at their initial diagnosis and as many as 40 percent will eventually develop metastatic brain tumors at some stage during their illness. Vivian Wilson was part of that 40 percent. The 57-year-old Kentucky resident […]
Cancer Screen Week 2020According to the American Cancer Society, almost 607,000 people are expected to die from cancer in 2020. Regular screening can help find certain cancers early when they are most likely to be treated successfully. This Cancer Screen Week (Dec 7-11), help us raise awareness and learn more of the potentially lifesaving benefits […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many cancer patients are having to make the difficult decision to continue with their current cancer regimen or delay treatments. Cancer patients and physicians must carefully weigh the potential benefit of routine cancer care versus the risk of COVID-19. To help ease these decisions, several peer-reviewed, non-profit cancer care organizations […]
Two clinical trials opened for enrollment in late 2019 at UofL Health – James Graham Brown Cancer Center for eligible men with prostate cancer. “Since the Brown Cancer Center has these clinical trials available, we can offer our prostate cancer patients the latest cancer treatments,” Scott Silva, M.D., Ph.D. , radiation oncologist, said. Men with favorable intermediate risk […]
Vernon Traxler suffered from painful trigeminal neuralgia for over 16 years before he found relief with CyberKnife. Watch Vernon explain what those years felt like and how he feels now after being treated by CyberKnife.
When deciding which treatment option is best for their prostate cancer, men take numerous factors into consideration. While their physician’s recommendation does play an important role in the treatment decision, in the end, most men make the choice that is best for them. That choice is often based on treatment outcomes and side effects, and […]
Check out this infographic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding African-American men and lung cancer.
Accuray Incorporated, developer and manufacturer of the CyberKnife® System, announced that published data from two multicenter studies using differing protocols provide consistent results and reinforce the use of the CyberKnife system for the effective management of low-and intermediate-risk prostate cancer. The studies are the largest conducted to date evaluating stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in […]
