The prostate gland is about the size of a walnut in younger men, but it enlarges as men age. It adds fluid to semen, and its muscles help push semen through the urethra, the tube that carries urine and semen out of t he body through the penis.
More than 20 years ago, RBOI founder Dr. Norman Anderson successfully treated a man whose metastatic melanoma had produced 23 brain lesions. Anderson performed whole brain radiation, administering low doses twice a day. His discovery led to a study with 19 patients, whose melanomas together had metastasized to the brain, other areas of the head, neck, lung, abdomen, liver, pelvis, and extremities, along with lymph nodes. They had all exhausted their other treatment options.
Smoking (including secondhand smoke and smokeless tobacco, sometimes called “chewing tobacco” or “snuff”) is the largest risk factor for getting head and neck cancer. And people who use both tobacco and alcohol are many times more likely to get head and neck cancer than people with neither habit.
Smoking (including secondhand smoke and smokeless tobacco, sometimes called “chewing tobacco” or “snuff”) is the largest risk factor for getting head and neck cancer. And people who use both tobacco and alcohol are many times more likely to get head and neck cancer than people with neither habit.
Wendy Hall and Amy Roberts have served our community as onsite Licensed Clinical Social Workers ever since joining RBOI in 2011. “It’s our goal to meet every new patient as soon as possible,” Wendy says. “I feel it’s imperative that people help walk people through very stressful (and they can be catastrophic) times in their life.