As cancer survivorship grows, so do questions of related health issues

Friday, June 3, 2011 - 08:31 in Health & Medicine

Treating cancer often represents a double-edged sword, as gains in survival years can be offset by other serious health problems related to the treatment, including second cancers. Lois B. Travis, M.D., of the James P Wilmot Cancer Center, was invited to chair a session on June 3, 2011, in which oncologists are to be debriefed on this topic at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago.

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