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		<title>Radioactive Seeds Implants Maybe Highly Effective For Prostate Cancer Patients</title>
		<link>http://www.knowcancer.net/2007/01/14/radioactive-seeds-implants-maybe-highly-effective-for-prostate-cancer-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifteen years follow up after studying 223 patients with localized prostate cancer showed that radioactive seed implants are a highly effective treatment in combination with conventional external beam radiation.Seed implants, also called brachytherapy, are small radioactive pellets about the size of a grain of rice. The pellets are implanted into the prostate; they deliver radiation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controlling Esophagitis</title>
		<link>http://www.knowcancer.net/2006/11/22/controlling-esophagitis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Esophagitis is a condition that happens when the esophagus is inflamed and can cause pain and discomfort when swallowing. This is a common side effect when treated with radiation to the chest and neck area and can also be caused by chemotherapy treatments. Some ways to help deal with the symptoms of esophagitis: Avoid hot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farrah Fawcett Battling Anal Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.knowcancer.net/2006/11/15/farrah-fawcett-battling-anal-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Farrah Fawcett has been battling anal cancer for six weeks now and is two-thirds of the way through an intensive six-week regimen of chemotherapy and radiation. Fawcett, 59, has been enduring radiation therapy five days per week since October 13 and is taking the side effects &#8212; fatigue, nausea, sleeplessness, and pain &#8212; in stride. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radiation Can Double The Survival Rate In Lung Cancer Patients</title>
		<link>http://www.knowcancer.net/2006/11/07/radiation-can-double-the-survival-rate-in-lung-cancer-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the European researchers, simple radiation treatment combined to chemotherapy after lung cancer surgery can double the survival time for patients with cancer that hasn&#8217;t yet spread through the body. The patients had stage 3 lung cancer, which has spread to lymph nodes outside the lung but not throughout the body. Such patients often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better And Safer Radiations That Target Prostate</title>
		<link>http://www.knowcancer.net/2006/10/30/better-and-safer-radiations-that-target-prostate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Results from the largest study of men with prostate cancer treated with high-dose, intensity modulated radiation (IMRT) show that 89 percent of men were disease free eight years later. Patients were treated at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and classified into prognostic risk groups. After an average of eight years, 89 percent of the men in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rosemont Mayor Donald E. Stephens Had Surgery For Stomach Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.knowcancer.net/2006/09/08/rosemont-mayor-donald-e-stephens-had-surgery-for-stomach-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rosemont Mayor Donald E. Stephens is one of the nation&#8217;s longest-serving mayors. Stephens, 78, announced on Thursday, that he has undergone surgery for stomach cancer and hopes to return to work soon. Doctors operated on Stephens in May at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. The northwest suburban mayor said he finished radiation treatments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lung Cancer Survival Rate Betters With The Modern 3D Radiation Therapy</title>
		<link>http://www.knowcancer.net/2006/09/05/lung-cancer-survival-rate-betters-with-the-modern-3d-radiation-therapy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Modern three-dimensional radiation therapy is more successful at curing lung cancer than older two-dimensional radiation therapy for some patients with early stage lung cancer, according to a report in the September 1, 2006 edition of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology â€¢ Biology â€¢ Physics. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for seven out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Florida Cancer Centers Sign On To Use Morrisville Firmâ€™s Radiation Sensor</title>
		<link>http://www.knowcancer.net/2006/08/30/two-florida-cancer-centers-sign-on-to-use-morrisville-firm%e2%80%99s-radiation-sensor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MORRISVILLE, N.C. â€“ Sicel Technologies has signed on two cancer centers in Florida as the first commercial users of their implantable radiation sensor technology. Boca Raton Community Hospitalâ€™s Lynn Cancer Institute and Melbourne InternalÂ Â Medical Associates will use Sicelâ€™s Dose Verification System as part of their treatment programs. The system includes an implantable radiation sensor and [...]]]></description>
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