Cancer Hormonal Prostate Therapy

With the generous contributions from paddlers and pledge donors, the third Annual Dragon Flies' Dragon Boat Festival held last Saturday Port Perry was an outstanding success.

The unofficial pledge donation total was more than $125,300 - an increase of nearly $20,000 from last year - with proceeds supporting breast cancer awareness programs and early diagnosis and treatment at Ross Memorial Hospital, Lakeridge Health in Port Perry, Uxbridge Cottage Hospital and the Durham Regional Cancer Centre in Oshawa. The uniqueness of this fundraising event is that all monies will remain in the local areas of Durham Region and City of Kawartha Lakes. .

Queen’s new cancer program is well worth the effort

John's Lutheran School and an active coach in basketball, volleyball and track. During what he thought was a routine colonoscopy last August; he was diagnosed with colon cancer.“I was able to teach through the first semester during chemotherapy and radiation, but my first surgery had complications and I was in the hospital for six weeks," said Hauch, 58. “I had liver surgery in May and spent seven days in the hospital."Hauch wants to return to his classroom when school resumes in late August. To ready himself, he's enrolled in the new Cancer Wellness Program at Queen of the Valley Medical Center.“The Cancer Wellness Program has been a two-year project in the making," said Mike Smith, a physical therapist and catalyst for the program. “I've always had an interest in using exercise to relieve pain.

'Virtual Patient' To Simulate Real-time Organ Motions For ...

Science Daily — With a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are developing a physics-based virtual model that can simulate a patient's breathing in real time. When used in conjunction with existing 3-D models, adding the fourth dimension of time could significantly improve the accuracy and effectiveness of radiation treatment for lung and liver cancers.