Patients with esophageal tumors often experience malignant dysphagia, or difficulty in swallowing due to an obstruction, complicating their treatment and preventing them from eating food normally. The Advanced Center for Therapeutic Endoscopy at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial ...
Mon Health Cancer Center is recognizing May as Skin Cancer Awareness Month and sharing the fast facts to detect and prevent skin cancer. As the weather begins to get warmer, people tend to spend more time outdoors and in direct sunlight. Skin cancer is one of the most diagnosed types of ...
by Carla Hall Finally, there was the explanation everyone was clamoring for but no one was expecting: Kate Middleton, the wife of Prince William, the heir to the British throne, reappeared in public after a three-month absence, telling the world that she has cancer and is ...
News that Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been diagnosed with cancer set off a pointless argument. One side complained that the royal family had not been forthcoming with the truth behind her long hospitalization. The other held that Catherine has a right to privacy and is under no ...
by John M. Crisp Betty Rollin, writer and national correspondent for NBC, ABC and PBS, died on Nov. 7 at age 87. Rollin was known for two memoirs: Her account of her breast cancer diagnosis and mastectomy, “First, You Cry” (1976), contributed significantly to a growing openness ...
by Delegate Joey Garcia All politics are local. It’s an old saying that still endures today. It encapsulates the concept that personal concerns are more important than lofty ideas. And the greatest impact policymakers can make are improvements to our families’ and neighbors’ ...