For people living with cancer, the most priceless gifts can be those that aren’t bought. Paying attention to someone’s specific needs is just as important.
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Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening can reduce lung cancer deaths by up to 20% compared to standard chest X-rays, by detecting tumors at early stages when they are more
likely to be curable.
The United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends lung cancer screening for anyone age 50 to 80 who has smoked for 20 pack years or more, and who currently smokes or has quit within the past 15 years. A pack year is equal to smoking 20 cigarettes (1 pack) a day each year.
A pack year is different from a calendar year. Smoking a pack a day for 20 years equals 20 pack years, but so does smoking two packs a day for 10 years.
I found a lump in my breast.” We hear this line most often concerning breast cancer detection, but breast cancer can exhibit other signs, too. Some may be due to benign causes, but see your doctor if these signs persist or worsen:
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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.