I’m an oncologist – what I tell cancer patients wanting alternative therapy
Medical oncologist Dr Raja Chaganti doesn’t like the term alternative therapies, preferring to call them complementary. This is what he thinks about them.
Cancer
Prostate cancer risk spikes by 45 per cent in this group of men
Research conducted by seven European nations has yielded troubling findings for some men, in the world’s largest prostate cancer screening study.
The dentist visit that shattered a family’s world
After months of toothaches and mouth pain, this married father-of-two was referred by his dentist to an oral specialist – what came next was a “traumatic” discovery.
Cancer took my husband, now I’m fighting for my life against it
When this mother was dealt the heartbreaking diagnosis of stage four breast cancer, she thought she’d always have her husband by her side to help her fight.
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This cancer was being missed at the doctors – now that will change
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‘Exciting result’: New drug helping women beat breast cancer
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