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For your prostate: HIFU being accepted in USA

For your prostate: HIFU being accepted in USA

Dr. Weeks’ Comment:   … but only just now, 10 years after the patients at the Weeks Clinic have been referred to practitioners using HIFU in other countries.  It is… Read more »

Breast pain? Hold off on imaging. Breast lump? Consider sonocine.

Breast pain? Hold off on imaging. Breast lump? Consider sonocine.

Dr. Weeks’ Comment: If  you feel a lump, do NOT ignore this. See your doctor right away. Remember that many things aside from cancer cause lumps and fibrocystic breasts often… Read more »

Innovations in Breast Cancer

Innovations in Breast Cancer

Dr. Weeks’ Comment: prevention is wiser than treatment.  Early warning systems are very valuable.  Here is one in the works to keep you eye on.     Detecting Breast Cancer’s… Read more »

So you tested positive???

So you tested positive???

Dr. Weeks’ Comment:  The old wisdom is that “the map is not the territory”. So how much can we trust test results to advise reasonable clinical care?  What do you… Read more »

Urine test instead of prostate biopsies??

Urine test instead of prostate biopsies??

DR. WEEKS’ COMMENT:  If this proves to have merit, this will be an excellent piece of science!   FDA Approves Urine Test for Repeat Prostate Biopsies Nick Mulcahy Authors and… Read more »

PET CT better image than CAT or MRI or CXR  for cancer

PET CT better image than CAT or MRI or CXR for cancer

Dr. Weeks’ Comment:  I am always surprised and disappointed when an oncologist recommends a CT scan or MRI for assessing cancer since a PET CT  gives more important information.  The… Read more »

Blood tests instead of biopsy for cancer?

Blood tests instead of biopsy for cancer?

Dr. Weeks’ Comment: this is the future of oncology. It can’t come too soon!     New ‘Biopsy in a Blood Test’ to Detect Cancer ScienceDaily (Feb. 2, 2012) — Scientists… Read more »

Ask your oncologist for chemosensitivity testing

Ask your oncologist for chemosensitivity testing

  Dr. Weeks’ Comment:  We at the Weeks Clinic have offered genetic screening and chemosensitivity testing based on oncogene analysis for years.  Why guess which chemo drug might be most… Read more »

Sober reflection upon Chemotherapy… source?  The Economist!

Sober reflection upon Chemotherapy… source? The Economist!

Dr. Weeks’ Comment:  Are we winning the war on cancer?   Few would argue that we are.  Buyer beware applies in the world of cancer care as it does on… Read more »

Share this with your oncologist. It is a matter of life or death.

Share this with your oncologist. It is a matter of life or death.

Dr. Weeks’ Comment:  Simply stated, antioxidants defend your cells better than they do the pathological or cancerous cells. They help you survive when taking chemotherapy or radiation and don’t help… Read more »

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