http://cancerdirectory.com Let us be your guide Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:52:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It won't be long before surgeons routinely install replacement body parts created in the laboratory. At the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, human cells are being used to grow muscles, blood vessels, skin and a complete urinary bladder. Much of the work is experimental, but laboratory-grown ... http://cancerdirectory.com/cancer-news/building-replacement-body-parts/ Cancer patients are being offered a range of free beauty treatments under a deal between a hospital and a college. People having treatment at North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre in Denbighshire can have two evening sessions with beauty therapy students. The pampering at Coleg Llandrillo Cymru's Rhos-on-Sea campus includes make-up lessons, facials ... http://cancerdirectory.com/featured-article/beauty-care-cancer-patients/ So one would think that after 9 years I would be used to followup visits and tests. I stupidly thought I would get to a point where I would be scanxiety free. In the beginning I went for visits every 3 months, then after 3 years I went every 6 ... http://cancerdirectory.com/cancer-blogs/in-my-life/scanxiety-deal/ Your Brain After Chemo: A Practical Guide to Lifting the Fog and Getting Back Your Focus by Dan Silverman, MD, PhD and Idelle Davidson This insightful book provides readers with invaluable information about "chemo brain," the cognitive impairment that often follows chemotherapy. Dr. Silverman is head of neuroimaging at UCLA and Idelle ... http://cancerdirectory.com/cancer-websites/book-review-brain-chemo-practical-guide-lifting-fog-focus/ Beginning in their 20s, women should be told about the benefits and limitations of breast self-exam (BSE). Women should know how their breasts normally look and feel and report any new breast changes to a health professional as soon as they are found. Finding a breast change does not necessarily ... http://cancerdirectory.com/featured-article/perform-breast-selfexam/ (Reuters) - A small, early-stage trial of a therapeutic brain cancer vaccine developed by ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Ltd showed that nearly half the patients were alive without their cancer worsening 18 months after diagnosis. The Phase 1 trial involved 16 patients with glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and deadly form of brain ... http://cancerdirectory.com/cancer-news/vaccine-brain-cancer/ The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. LLS's mission is to cure blood cancers including leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Since the first ... http://cancerdirectory.com/cancer-websites/review-leukemia-lymphoma-society/ The Vattikuti Urology Institute has performed more than 5,000 robotic surgeries and counting. More than any other hospital in the world. It is a comprehensive clinical, research and teaching institute that consistently ranks among the best in the nation. The institute uses the daVinci Surgical system and has been named a "Best Hospital" for ... http://cancerdirectory.com/cancer-websites/review-vattikuti-urology-institute/ By Idelle Davidson - Physical exercise is hugely important to recover all those marbles we somehow lose during cancer treatment. Exercise increases blood flow (and oxygen) to the brain. In laboratory studies, animals that exercise regularly create new neurons in the hippocampus. That region of the brain is key to ... http://cancerdirectory.com/cancer-news/physical-exercise-chemo-brain/ Inspiration comes in many forms and from many different sources.  But when it comes to fashion, more often than not, our inspiration for the clothes we buy and the style we choose comes from the glossy pages of a fashion magazine, glamorous images from web pages, or from the television ... http://cancerdirectory.com/cancer-blogs/4womencom/calling-stylist/