On target Radiotherapy is an established way of treating cancer. Parkway Cancer Centre’s Dr Edward Yang looks at how it works and what’s involved. Radiation therapy, or radiotherapy, plays a key role in the multidisciplinary approach to cancer care which also includes surgery and chemotherapy. Radiotherapy can, in some diagnosis, play the key curative role […]
CONTINUE READING‘I just can’t eat!’ Understanding common eating problems and learning how to manage them can help patients stay healthy during cancer treatment. Undergoing treatment for cancer can result in side effects that affect your eating, drinking and digestion. However, it is crucial that you get enough nutrients and calories during cancer treatment, as this will […]
CONTINUE READINGFinding a true calling Huang Jing had not intended to be a nurse, but seeing how she could help patients changed her mind. Nursing was not Ms Huang Jing’s first choice for a career. In fact, she had never even considered it – until the day the results of her university entrance examination in China […]
CONTINUE READINGEasing the symptoms Dr Edward Yang from Parkway Cancer Centre looks at how palliative radiation treatment can help patients manage the symptoms of cancer and give them a better quality of life. While rapid advancements in medical science has improved the cure rates of cancer patients, there are still many cases in which a cancer […]
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