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Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer: Radiation Therapy
… side effects to healthy tissue. When is radiation therapy recommended for nonmelanoma skin cancer? Your health care team … you will be able to talk with the therapist over an intercom. You can't feel radiation, so the treatment is painless. … side effects go away over time after you finish treatment. Common side effects in the treatment area include: Red, dry, …
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Oral Medicines for Erectile Dysfunction
… Types of oral ED medicines Your doctor may advise 1 of 4 different prescription oral ED medicines. Each one increases … won't be fixed. Taking oral ED medicines safely Don't combine ED medicines with other treatments unless your … cause a sudden drop in blood pressure. Alpha-blockers are a common treatment for prostate problems. They're also used to …
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Deciding on Bariatric Surgery
… alters your digestive system. For the surgery to be successful, you must change your diet and lifestyle. In most … Bariatric surgery also has a number of potential risks and complications that you need to discuss with your surgeon. … Qualifying for bariatric surgery typically involves a comprehensive evaluation by a health care team. This may …
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Prostate Cancer: Treatment Choices for Early-Stage Cancer
… They can tell you what your treatment choices are, how successful they're expected to be, and what the risks and side … be. Your doctor may advise a certain treatment or a certain combination of treatments. Or they may offer more than one treatment, giving you a choice. This can …
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Esophageal Cancer: Targeted Therapy
… medicines work throughout the body. But they work in different ways. These medicines mainly target cancer cells, so the side effects are different and often less severe than those from chemo. Cancer … (the gastroesophageal junction or GEJ). Here are some common uses: Trastuzumab can be used along with chemo as …
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Sugar Addiction: Is It Real?
… goes on. The foods we call "junk foods" also happen to be comfort foods for a lot of people because they remind us of … in a society where unhealthy, processed foods are way too accessible and cheap, and a lot are marketed to children. I … altogether (until they break down). What explains these differences? Is the problem the sugar itself? Or is there …
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Malignant Mesothelioma: Tests After Diagnosis
… through the center of the doughnut-shaped CT scanner. A computer uses many X-rays to create pictures. A CT scan … MRI An MRI uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to create very detailed pictures of the inside of … scan might be done instead of doing multiple X-rays of different parts of your body. The picture isn't as detailed as …
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Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
… known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is a common disease of the liver. It occurs when you have too much fat in the liver. Fat can build … help figure out the cause of the damage and tell the difference between fatty liver and MASH. Treating MASLD …
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Surgery to Treat Cancer
… cancer treatment. Having surgery for cancer is different for each person. It will depend on the type of … does not work to cure cancer. But it may be used to ease discomfort or to correct other problems cancer or treatment may … to curative or other surgeries. It helps to change or restore a person's appearance or the function of a body part. …
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